A Man of the People
by Chinua Achebe
Nigerian farce. Written the year before the coup.
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Chief Nanga is the most corrupt politician in Nigeria and also the most beloved. Odili is the young teacher who tries to bring him down and discovers that idealism is a luxury the system cannot afford. Achebe published this in 1966 as a satire of post-independence political corruption. Six days after publication, Nigeria's first military coup happened. The book was so accurate that Achebe was briefly investigated. The most prophetic African political novel ever written.
WHERE THIS BOOK LIVES
- Setting
- Nigeria • West Africa
- Voice
- Written by a Nigerian author
- Themes
- True Cost of Empire
