The pieces here span reflections on personal and collective identity, on home and family, on literature, language and politics, and on Achebe\"s lifelong attempt to reclaim the definition of \"Africa\" for its own authorship....

Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat - from his rivals in the tribe, from those in the white government and even from his own family. Yet he still feels he must be untouchable - surely he is an arrow in the bow of his God?...

Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. In the pressurized atmosphere of oppression and intimidation they are simply trying to live and love - and remain friends. But in a world where each day brings a new betrayal, hope is hard to cling on to....

As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M. A. Nanga is \"a man of the people\", as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. At first, the contrast between Nanga and Odili, a former pupil who is visiting the ministry, appears huge....

Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature in English, the writer who \"opened the magic casements of African fiction\" for an international readership....

Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who, thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain, has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be backhanders and corruption....

The Book Surface Thermodynamic Approach to HIV-Blood Interaction is a novel research on the interaction mechanism of the human immunodeficiency virus and the lymphocytes (white blood cells). The interaction was mathematically modeled and actual measurements obtained using a UV-Spectrophotometer....

The story is the tragedy of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first appearing on the scene ...a very simple but excellent novel....

A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe\"s African Trilogy, Things Fall Apart is the compelling story of one man\"s battle to protect his community against the forces of change Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan....

More than two million copies of \"Things Fall Apart\" have been sold in the United States since it was first published here in 1959. Worldwide, there are eight million copies in print in fifty different languages....

Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village....

Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists....

Книги для чтения серии Macmillan Readers - это сборники рассказов, написанных специально для серии, и адаптированные произведения классической и современной художественной литературы....

Книги для чтения серии Macmillan Readers - это сборники рассказов, написанных специально для серии, и адаптированные произведения классической и современной художественной литературы....

Henry Lawson, V. S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe are respectively Australian, Caribbean, South African and Nigerian, yet they all write in English. The \'English\' literature of the ex-colonies is proving to be the most interesting and innovative of our times: this volume offers a significant example of its vitality and originality....