Chinua Achebe | Home in Exile
Recorded Apr 12, 2001
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Widely considered as the father of the modern African novel, Achebe has been telling the story of his native Nigeria for more than four decades. His groundbreaking 1958 book, Things Fall Apart, is the best known and bestselling novel ever to come out of Africa. Home and Exile is his first book in thirteen years.
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