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Home and Exile

by Chinua Achebe · 2000

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Chinua Achebe is Africa's most prominent writer. His fiction and poetry burn with a passionate commitment to political justice, bringing to life not only Africa's troubled encounters with Europe but also the dark side of contemporary African political life. Now, in Home and Exile, Achebe reveals the man behind his powerful work.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisNigeriaNigeriaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 128 pages
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