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A novel of a Western educated Nigerian struggling to bridge the chasm between his education and his tribal upbringing and culture. On his return to Nigeria he gains a position with the Scholarship Board and is immediately offered bribes by people trying to get a scholarship. Scandalised, he initially refuses but after getting into financial difficulties and losing his faith in his countrymen’s ability to modernise after his family forbids him to marry the woman he loves due to a tribal taboo, he eventually succumbs to the temptation and is caught in a government ‘sting’.
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3 primary booksThe African Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1958 with contributions by Chinua Achebe.
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Just taught this book to grade 9 students. I liked it when I read it (not nearly as much as Things Fall Apart), but the subject matter really didn't hit the spot with 14 year olds.