0. Grad School Achebe
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 20 min
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Episode description
The first episode of season two! Gerry and Aaron discuss the gameplan for Grad School Achebe, the history and reception of African literature inside and outside academia, Achebe's place in the canon, his uncanny recurrent deaths on social media, the finer points of pronunciation, and more. Next week: the podcast falls apart.
Texts discussed:
Chinua Achebe in conversation with Bill Moyers (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrT6BqOckX0
Chinua Achebe in conversation with Lewis Nkosi and Wole Soyinka (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uys3XuJBnro
Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease (2015)
https://thenewinquiry.com/blog/chinua-achebe-no-longer-at-ease/
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