Chinua Achebe: "Home and Exile"

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Chinua Achebe: "Home and Exile"

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe joins Diane to discuss African literature and how it's been influenced by Western culture. In his new book he reflects on how European colonization affected his own childhood and education, and on how...

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe joins Diane to discuss African literature and how it's been influenced by Western culture. In his new book he reflects on how European colonization affected his own childhood and education, and on how imperialism's traces are still felt throughout the African continent.

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Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist

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