- Fiction, Igbo (African people), Nigeria in fiction, Literature
In the Igbo villages of Umuaro in Eastern Nigeria in 1921, Ezeulu, old and dignified Chief Priest of the god Ulu, finds that his authority as spiritual leader is strengthened when a war which he has tried to prevent between Umuaro and a neighboring community is stopped by the British District Officer.
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Earnest, grave, prestige and classical in form.
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- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Chinua Achebe
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 266
- Publisher
- Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks, Doubleday, Heinemann
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- Polish, Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9780141393988
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