- racism, open_syllabus_project, Conrad, joseph, 1857-1924, National characteristics, nigerian
"Beautifully written yet highly controversial, "An Image of Africa" asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people.
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Earnest, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Chinua Achebe
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 97
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Alexander
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9783895810282
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Africa's most famous and illustrious black novelist. Nigerian born writer of powerful fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and children's books
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