Speaking Truth to Power: Chinua Achebe on Culture, Protest, and “A Man of the People”
Exploration of Aesthetics in African and European Arts di Dr Christopher Appiah-Thompson
Note sull'episodio
The podcast introduces listeners to Chinua Achebe’s view of African culture as dynamic and living, not a museum of “old customs;
Explains why Achebe believes all African writing of his time inevitably carries a social or political protest;
Explores how his novels, especially ‘Arrow of God’ and ‘A man of the People’, dramatise power, corruption, and responsibility;
Connects Achebe’s reflections on writers, politicians, and the public to today’s debates about leadership and cultural representation.
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