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Een Jeugd Onder Britse Protectie (2010)

by Chinua Achebe(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

De Geus

review 1: Almost exactly 11 months ago, Chinua Achebe died. I rarely mourn celebrities or authors, but for some reason, his death struck a nerve. Maybe because we share a birthday. Maybe because reading his book in graduate school opened my world up (yes, that's right, I didn't read it until I was 22--a terrible shame).Probably, though, the reason I mourned the loss of Chinua Achebe so much is because that day the world lost a great man, a man of great reason. Reading these essays I was reminded of his voice--one tempered by logic and humor and warmth. I heard him speak once, when I was in Washington DC (2002 perhaps?) and we shared a brief exchange as I had him sign a book. I don't remember the precise words, but I remember the twinkle in his eyes and the kindness in his voice.T... morehese essays are everything that he was--eloquent, thoughtful, funny, a little snarky at times, and above all, interesting.
review 2: Within this audiobook are 17 essays written by African author, Chinua Achebe. These essays range from historical to political and also include personal experiences. They give us a bit of an insiders look of what it was like to grow up in colonial Nigeria, the discrimination and oppression encountered within African nations and Achebe's view on the world outside his homeland. The author's words are quite thought provoking and describe how images of Africans, formed many years ago, still construct modern day attitudes. Achebe is best known for his famous book, Things Fall Apart. less

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