Multimedia Collection
Chinua Achebe
DVD-R
30 min
1988
PR9387.9 .A3 Z53 2003 DVD
Chinua Achebe is president of the town council in his village in Nigeria, a role that brings him more headaches than honors. He's also a storyteller who hears music of history, weaves the fabric of memory, and sometimes offends the Emperor, as well. His first novel, Things Fall Apart, sold over three million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. Achebe disagrees with the notion that literature should be divorced from the politics and economics of its society. In fact, he states, "It is the storyteller...that makes us what we are, that creates history." In his storytelling role, Achebe serves as the collective memory of his society, chronicling the rough transition of African nations such as Nigeria from colonialism to democracy. In this program with Bill Moyers, Chinua Achebe, a man caught between two worlds, discusses his observations and criticisms of both African and Western politics and culture.
Originally broadcast on PBS, September, 1988, as a segment of: A world of ideas.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (www.films.com).
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