Image of Africa

Name: Image of Africa - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9780141192581
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Chinua Achebe

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About the book

Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also included is The Trouble with Nigeria, Achebe's searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country.

GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas...

About the Author

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe was a prominent and prolific writer, poet, professor and literary critic, renowned for novels that described the effects of Western customs and values on traditional African society. He is best known for Things Fall Apart (1958), a novel that has sold more than ten million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than fifty languages. Achebe is the winner of numerous honours and awards, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction, honorary doctorates from more than thirty colleges and universities, and Nigeria’s highest award for intellectual achievement, the Nigerian National Merit Award. Chinua Achebe's book Girls At War was published by Penguin Books SA as part of the Penguin African Writers Series.