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The Education Of A British-Protected Child: Essays (2009)

by Chinua Achebe(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0307272559 (ISBN13: 9780307272553)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Knopf Publishing Group

review 1: This book is a great detox for all the colonial propaganda that one hears! It is a must read for understanding the language of colonialism. Nevertheless, Chinua Achebe is a great writer and a man of determined and stubborn stance! He will never move aside whenever the subject of colonialism comes and he will give a scathing and deriding reminder to the coloniser of his atrocities! He is critical of Conrad and points out his shameful remarks clearly. This book is also about Africa and Africans. Their sufferings from outsiders and their own corruption, all in the same book. This book will teach you, no doubt, but it will also make you think and know about an Africa that 'is'! I am from South Asia and this book enlightened me to colonialism and it's global tyrannies! One chap... moreter that was of particular interest to me was "Politics and politicians of language in African literature"! This is a must read for those who have an argument of English as being the language of the coloniser and its usage in the contemporary nation-state as a national/ state language.
review 2: I consider this a gateway book. The collection of essays touches on a myriad of topics. Many of them I want to know more about. The author is very honest and forthcoming about his abhorrence for British Colonialism in Africa. I read "Things Fall Apart" and I plan to read more by this author sometimes referred to as the Father of African literature. If interested, I've posted a more comprehensive review over on the blog. less

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