achebe

In high school we did, a handful of dates and other african short stories as a set book, which where examinable. writers like grace ogot, chinuwa achebe. incredible writting.

A Handful of Dates | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2008

To which at this point, my only reaction is are these people really that late?, because there's this thing where lots of people have been critiquing race and representation in fiction and stuff for * decades*. that you were oblivious to it? doesnt mean it did not exist. i'm too tired of saying the same things, over and over again, so this will be short. people have been talking about the heart of darkness and chinua achebe's criticism of it. i found a five audio minute interview in which achebe talks about that essay he wrote critiquing HOD in 1961 or so. you can download it or read the transcript. it's short, too. or you can even read the original piece he wrote, "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'".

here we go, again. rockbirthedme 2010

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The Clog 2009