Being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress: inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s proverbs
This lecture explores what we could learn about being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress from how Chinua Achebe adopts and adapts Igbo proverbs in his writing.
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University of the Free State
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Acta Academica |
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This lecture explores what we could learn about being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress from how Chinua Achebe adopts and adapts Igbo proverbs in his writing.
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| spelling | doaj.art-35f28096738644998d8f270401371f3b2024-03-11T23:03:19ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792021-07-01531Being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress: inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s proverbsFrancis B. Nyamnjoh0University of Cape Town, South Africa This lecture explores what we could learn about being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress from how Chinua Achebe adopts and adapts Igbo proverbs in his writing. http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/5467 |
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| title | Being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress: inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s proverbs |
| title_full | Being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress: inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s proverbs |
| title_fullStr | Being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress: inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s proverbs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress: inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s proverbs |
| title_short | Being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress: inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s proverbs |
| title_sort | being and becoming african as a permanent work in progress inspiration from chinua achebe s proverbs |
| url | http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/5467 |
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