Tag: Chinua Achebe
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Reading Chinua Achebe’s novels from a linguistics perspective
Foreword I am a reader. Being a reader, especially an avid and a passionate one, influences your life experience and your approach to things in general. I have created this blog primarily to collect personal reflections, thoughts and notes on my readings. From my point of view, a blog is a resourceful platform which may be used to open up a dialogue […]
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Storie, identità, voci e colori per Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: non siamo tutti uguali
«If you followed the media you’d think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that’s not the case; so it’s important to engage with the other Africa.» «Da quello che dicono i media si è indotti a pensare che tutti gli africani stiano morendo di fame, tuttavia non è così; è importante confrontarsi anche […]
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Chinua Achebe e la definizione della letteratura postcoloniale in Nigeria
“If the philosophical dictum of Descartes—I think, therefore I am—represents a European individualistic ideal, the Bantu declaration—umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu—represents an African communal aspiration: a human is human because of other humans. Our humanity is contingent on the humanity of our fellows. No person or group can be human alone. We rise above the animal together, […]
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