"My Year of Reading African Women"- 15 Novels by African Women
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1. Start Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (CHIN-wa a-CHE-beh)
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"The last four or five hundred years of European contact with
Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a
very bad light and Africans in very lurid terms. The reason for
this had to do with the need to justify the slave trade and slavery.
… This continued until the Africans themselves, in the middle of
the twentieth century, took into their own hands the telling of
their story." (Chinua Achebe, "An African Voice", The Atlantic)
In your notes consider:
* What information can you pull from this quote about Achebe's purpose for writing?
* What might find its way into Things Fall Apart?
2. Start reading Chapter 1: Double column. Track PLOT and LITERARY DEVICES.
Character pronunciation:
Okonkwo: O-kon-kwo
Unoka: Ou-no-ka
Okoye: Oh-ko-yay
Umuofia– Ou-mwoff-yah
Ikemefuna– ikeh-Meh-fou-nah
Things Fall Apart Reading Schedule
Monday, March 23rd- Through chapter 5. (Page 45)
Thursday, March 26th- Through chapter 7 (Page 62)
Monday, March 30th- Finish Part 1 of Things Fall Apart
Wednesday, March 31st- Quiz over Part 1. (125)
Monday, April 6th- Through chapter 17 (153)
Thursday, April 9th - Quiz over Part 2 (167)
Tuesday, April 14th - Finish the book. (209)
Thursday, April 16th- Quiz over entire book.
For assistance with the names of Things Fall Apart, use the following guide:
Things Fall Apart Pronunciation Guide
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