Chinua Achebe with Nuruddin Farah

Synopsis: Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in conversation with Somali writer Nuruddin Farah. They discuss Achebe’s sense of identity - African and Nigerian, the question of language in a multicultural society, national versus ethnic literature, the oral tradition, and Achebe’s translations of Ibo oral proverbs. There is little discussion of Achebe’s books.
Series: Writers in Conversation, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1986
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Uses: Students of African literature.*
Subjects: English language and literature
Keywords: Achebe, Chinua; Fiction in English; literature - African; Nigeria; writers - African

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Delivery: Streamed

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