From the renowned author of The African Trilogy, a political satire about an unnamed African country navigating a path between violence and corruption
As Minister for Culture, former school teacher M. A. Nanga is a man of the people, as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. When Odili, an idealistic young teacher, visits his former instructor at the ministry, the division between them is vast. But in the eat-and-let-eat atmosphere, Odili’s idealism soon collides with his lusts—and the two men’s personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. When Odili launches a vicious campaign against his former mentor for the same seat in an election, their mutual animosity drives the country to revolution.
Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria’s first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential part of Achebe’s body of work.
A man of the people
3 in stock
KShs 1,800.00
From the renowned author of The African Trilogy, a political satire about an unnamed African country navigating a path between violence and corruption
As Minister for Culture, former school teacher M. A. Nanga is a man of the people, as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. When Odili, an idealistic young teacher, visits his former instructor at the ministry, the division between them is vast. But in the eat-and-let-eat atmosphere, Odili’s idealism soon collides with his lusts—and the two men’s personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. When Odili launches a vicious campaign against his former mentor for the same seat in an election, their mutual animosity drives the country to revolution.
Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria’s first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential part of Achebe’s body of work.
Additional information
Chinua Achebe
Paperback
English
Bantam Books
270
9780385086165
Related products
Glory: A Novel (N.Bulawayo)
KShs 1,550.00 Add to cart12 Years a Slave
KShs 1,300.00 Add to cartWelcome to Lagos
KShs 1,850.00 Add to cartBlack Girls Must Be Magic
KShs 1,700.00 Add to cartA Spell of Good Things
KShs 1,800.00 Add to cartHello Beautiful
KShs 1,550.00 Add to cartKindness of Enemies
KShs 1,600.00 Add to cartSold out
Sinners by Sarah Haluwa
KShs 1,650.00 Read moreHouse of Stone
KShs 1,750.00 Add to cartBrief History of Seven Killings: A Novel
KShs 1,950.00 Add to cartRecently Viewed
Will
KShs 1,600.00 Add to cartShe Persisted: Wangari Maathai
KShs 1,650.00 Add to cartDamn Girl! Stop that
KShs 980.00 Add to cartAce of Spades
KShs 1,850.00 Add to cartSold out
Hesketh Bright Young Things Sauvignon Blanc
KShs 1,800.00 Read moreNightbloom
KShs 1,300.00 Add to cartSold out
Skin of the Sea
KShs 1,200.00 Read moreLouis Latour Duet Chardonnay Viognier
KShs 1,800.00 Add to cartStay with me
KShs 2,300.00 Add to cartI am too pretty to be broke
KShs 980.00 Add to cart