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  2. Things Fall Apart - Wikipedia

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    Things Fall Apart is the debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. ... After the death of Ikemefuna, Okonkwo feels depressed and had occasional nightmares. During ...

  3. Emeka Nwabueze - Wikipedia

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    In his much publicized essay, "Theoretical Construction and Constructive Theorising on the Execution of Ikemefuna in Achebe's Things Fall Apart: A Study in Critical Dualism" published in the American-based journal, Research in African Literatures, Nwabueze lays bare his contention that from an available analysis look of authorial voice Okonkwo ...

  4. Nelly Uchendu - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, Uchendu guest-starred as Ikemefuna's mother in NTA Network's televised version of Things Fall Apart in which she sang "Ikemefuna's Song", [9] and played Tony's mother in the 1994 Nollywood movie Nneka the Pretty Serpent, another singing role. [10] Uchendu also provided female vocals for the musical scene in the 1993 Igbo movie Taboo.

  5. Heinemann African Writers Series - Wikipedia

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    1962 – Alan Hill, Tony Beal and Van Milne launch the African Writers Series with a paperback edition of Things Fall Apart, followed by Cyprian Ekwensi's Burning Grass, and then Kenneth Kaunda's autobiography Zambia Shall Be Free. Chinua Achebe is appointed Editorial Advisor with a salary of £150 a year. This is increased to £250 in 1967. [5 ...

  6. If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own - Wikipedia

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    The episode's title is taken from a passage in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the book Cal was reading when Angela tries to pick a fight. [2] The episode includes the only appearance of "Lube Man" within the series, in the scene where Angela attempts to chase him down after he witnesses her disposing of Will's wheelchair.

  7. Iyi-uwa - Wikipedia

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    An Iyi-uwa is an object from Igbo mythology that binds the spirit of a dead child (known as ogbanje) to the world, causing it to return and be born again to the same mother.

  8. Ogbanje - Wikipedia

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    In the critically acclaimed novel by Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (1958), the character Ezinma was considered an ọgbanje because she was the first of 10 children born to her mother that did not die in infancy. [8] [10] In the novel Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (2018), the main character, Ada, is an ọgbanje [11]

  9. BBC's 100 Most Inspiring Novels - Wikipedia

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    On 5 November 2019, the BBC published a list of novels selected by a panel of six writers and critics, who had been asked to choose 100 English language novels "that have had an impact on their lives". [1]