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A
Course on Chinua Achebe:
good links
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Conrad's
Heart of Darkness: etext |
| Things
Fall Apart: Study Guide by Paul
Brians |
Modern History Sourcebook:
Capt. F. D. Lugard:
The Rise of Our East African Empire, 1893; a British view of
colonialism in Africa. |
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Chinua Achebe: a rich, well
organized site full of all sorts of information and images |
Joseph
Conrad Pages: Biography, links, etc. |
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NomadNet:
depressing, yet fascinating, news from post-colonial Africa |
Roy's
God of Small Things: Study Guide by
Paul Brians |
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History: part of
a site about African Slave Routes; this section is on the Igbo;
photos |
Dovstoevsky:
200 relevant links |
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Global Studies 9: Africa: Colonialism; An extensive set of
links regarding colonialism/imperialism in
Africa. The site includes primary source documents and a list of essays
and other resources about the effects of colonialism and other
topics related to this era of African history.
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Metamorphosis:
an etext in English of Kafka's story about a man who became an insect. |
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IgboNet:
A clearinghouse of essays and
information on the Igbo language and culture. Provides great
background on this culture; useful for understanding the context
of Achebe’s work. |
The Modern Word:
interesting material about various modern authors, including
Borges, Marquez, Joyce and Eco. |
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The
Colonial and Postcolonial History and Literature of Nigeria:
This site contains a great set of
essays and other resources on Nigeria and the Igbo culture. It
provides a great background for Achebe’s work, and also includes
some essays on Things Fall Apart and Achebe as an example
of a Postcolonial author. |
Humanities
in Latin America:
includes art, literature, history, etc. |
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"Existentialism" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
Journey to the West: a wonderfully comprehensive site about
Monkey in many forms and multiple media. |
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Ulysses: by James
Joyce: an etext |
Journey to the West
: This site is a .pdf download of the text,
but it is in a tiny font and difficult to read. However, it is
free. |