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History & Lives · First published 2012

There Was a Country

by Chinua AchebeNigeria

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Chinua Achebe's personal history of the Nigerian Civil War — part memoir, part reflection on the nation's past and its possibilities.

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Where can I start with African history and lives?“Achebe on the Nigerian Civil War.”Africa, in its own words · The Learningaid desk

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Chinua Achebe

Nigeria

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