Author | Chinua Achebe |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Heinemann(UK) John Day (US) |
Publication date | 1966 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 167 |
Preceded by | Arrow of God |
Followed by | Anthills of the Savannah |
A Man of the People (1966) is a novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Written as a satirical piece, A Man of the People follows a story told by Odili, a young and educated narrator, on his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed fictional 20th century African country. Odili represents the changing younger generation; Nanga represents the traditional West African customs, inspired by that of Achebe's native Nigeria. The book ends with a military coup, similar to the real-life coups of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Yakubu Gowon.[1]
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Plot introduction[edit]
A Man of the People is a first-person account of Odili, a school teacher in a fictional country closely resembling post-colonial Nigeria. Odili receives an invitation from his former teacher, Chief Nanga, who is now the powerful but corrupt Minister of Culture. As Minister, Nanga's job is to protect the traditions of his country especially when he is known as 'A Man of the People'. Instead, his position is used to increase his personal wealth and power that proves particularly alluring to Odili's girlfriend; she cheats on him with the minister. Seeking revenge, Odili begins to pursue the minister's fiancee.
Odili agrees to lead an opposition party in the face of both bribes and violent threats. Then there is a military coup.[2]
Similarity to future events[edit]
Upon reading an advance copy of the novel, Achebe's friend, Nigerian poet and playwright John Pepper Clark declared: 'Chinua, I know you are a prophet. Everything in this book has happened except a military coup!'[3]
Harlequin rip software. Later on, Nigerian Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu seized control of the northern region of the country as part of a larger coup attempt. Commanders in other areas failed, and the plot was answered by a military crackdown which resulted in the presidency of Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi.
Literary significance[edit]
Some of the themes from the novel are found in a short story 'The Voter' (1965), published in Black Orpheus magazine.[4] Achebe's first three novels were all clearly set in Igbo villages in Nigeria. A Man of the People, however, was set in a fictional African country as Achebe sought to write African literature on the condition of the continent in more general terms. The novel does not include any specific ethnic or cultural groups. The problems portrayed in the book, such as bribery, incompetence and governmental apathy, were experienced by many West African nations in the neocolonial era. As Nigeria had not experienced a coup when Achebe wrote A Man of the People, his model for the novel's events must have been military coups in other African nations. Despite his intentions, however, the subsequent coup in Nigeria meant that the book was again seen as being principally about Nigeria.[5]
The novel was republished in the influential Heinemann African Writers Series.
References[edit]
- ^'A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe'. Time. August 19, 1966. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^Mercedes Mackay (January 1967). 'Review: A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe'. African Affairs. 66 (262): 81.
- ^Ezenwa-Ohaeto (1997). Chinua Achebe: A Biography. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 109. ISBN0-253-33342-3.
- ^Albert S. Gérard, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1986: 'Details from Chinua Achebe's story “The Voter” in No. 17 are echoed in his novel, A Man of the People (1966).'
- ^Joanna Sullivan (Fall 2001). 'Research in African Literatures'. 32 (3).Cite journal requires
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Book author: Chinua Achebe
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By the renowned author of Things Fall Apart, this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two worlds., Achebe was awarded the..
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- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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- Jan 28, 1988
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- English
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By the renowned author of Things Fall Apart, this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two worlds.
, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013.See more interesting books:
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Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. His first novel, Things Falls Apart, became a classic of international literature and required reading for students worldwide. He also authored four subsequent novels, two short-story collections, and numerous other books. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for over 15 years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013.