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  2. No Longer at Ease - Wikipedia

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    No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe.It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Colonial Nigeria civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe.

  3. Chinua Achebe - Wikipedia

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    Chinua Achebe was born on 16 November 1930 and baptised Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe. [ 1 ] [ a ] His father, Isaiah Okafo Achebe, was a teacher and evangelist, and his mother, Janet Anaenechi Iloegbunam, was the daughter of a blacksmith from Awka , [ 3 ] a leader among church women, and a vegetable farmer.

  4. Arrow of God - Wikipedia

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    Alimi, S. A. "A Study of the Use of Proverbs as a Literary Device in Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God." International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 2, no. 3 (2012): 2222-6990. Fagrutheen, Syed. "Downfall of Traditionalism in Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God." The English Literature Journal 1, no. 1 ...

  5. Anthills of the Savannah - Wikipedia

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    Charles Johnson, writing for The Washington Post, praised the book but faulted Achebe for failing to fully flesh out his characters. [3] Nadine Gordimer praised the book's humour, particularly when contrasted against its depictions of horrors. [4] Ben Okri described it in The Observer as Achebe's "most complex and his wisest book to date". [5]

  6. Chike and the River - Wikipedia

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    Chike and the River is a children's story by Chinua Achebe.It was first published in South Africa in the year 1966 by Cambridge University Press, [1] with illustrations by Prue Theobalds, and was the first of several children's stories Achebe would write.

  7. 5 University Religious Conference and the Ford Foundation to ...

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    meeting college students, living with their hosts in villages and cities, and hopefully making friends for America. It was a kind of precursor to the Peace Corps, which began in the early 1960s. In 1955 I truly felt that I had earned the right to be the second Jewish student selected—to join my friend Sandy Ragins, who later became a rabbi.

  8. Vengeful Creditor - Wikipedia

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    Vengeful Creditor is a short story by Chinua Achebe. It was first published in 1972 in Girls at War and Other Stories. The story describes a wealthy woman who has recently lost her servants due to free education. [1] The book intends to illustrate the social gaps in Nigeria between the lower, middle, and upper classes. [2] [3]

  9. World Bank’s Business-Lending Arm Backed Palm Oil Producer ...

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    In Honduras, the business-lending arm of the World Bank aligned itself with a key player in a land dispute that has left more than 130 people dead, including Gregorio Chávez, a preacher who went out to tend his garden one day and didn’t come back. In the last decade, the International Finance Corp.’s lending and influence has soared, even as it has embraced financing methods that shield ...

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