Chinua Achebe: Africa's Voice - A Guide to Understanding
DVD
(DVD Movie)
| Author(s): |
Achebe, Chinua |
| Page Length: |
61 min |
| Copyright: |
1999 |
| Weight: |
0.55 lbs. |
| Item Code: |
202561 |
| ISBN: |
9050-KS |
| ISBN-10: |
9050-KS |
This program analyzes the impact Chinua Achebe and his writings have had on world literature, as well as his influence as an editor and a spokesman for a generation of African writers. In it, Dr. Achebe and others discuss the characterization, social implications, and levels of interpretation of Things Fall Apart.
Vital concepts about the Ibo of Southeastern Nigeria essential for deeper understanding of the novel are also presented. This program is an indispensable supplement to Achebe's best-known novel.
(61 minutes, color)