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A Man of the People is a novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.Written as a satirical piece, "A Man of the People" follows the story told by Odili, a young and educated narrator, about his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed fictional 20th-century African country.
[4] [11] Despite his protests, he spent a week in the religious class for young children, but was quickly moved to a higher class when the school's chaplain took note of his intelligence. [12] One teacher described him as the student with the best handwriting and the best reading skills in his class.
"Oru Manushyan" (English: A Certain Man) is a short story written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. It was originally published in Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly and later included in the 1952 collection Pavapettavarude Veshya (The Prostitute of the Poor). [1]
Man of the People may refer to: A politician, in reference to a politician's job to represent the people; A populist, who promotes the interests of the common people above the elites' "Man of the People" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), an episode from the sixth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation; A Man of the People, a novel by Chinua ...
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg became the youngest person ever, at the age of 16, to be named Time’s Person of the Year in 2019.. Thunberg, now in her 20s, galvanized young people ...
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The history of the Hainish people goes back three million years, and they placed colonies on many planets, including Earth and Werel. In the course of this long history civilization has risen and fallen many times, including settlement and terraforming of Ve, another planet in the Hain system.
Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.It was his fifth novel, first published in the United Kingdom 21 years after Achebe's previous one (A Man of the People in 1966), and was credited with having "revived his reputation in Britain". [1]