No Longer at Ease

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No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.

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Label Occurrences
No Longer at Ease canonical 4
The African Trilogy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Chinua Achebe ⓘ
character Christopher ⓘ
Clara Okeke ⓘ
Hannah Okonkwo ⓘ
Joseph Okeke ⓘ
Mr. Green ⓘ
Obi Okonkwo ⓘ
Samuel Okonkwo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nigeria ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
followsCharacterFrom Things Fall Apart ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation stage adaptations ⓘ
hasISBN 9780435900019 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement African literature ⓘ
Nigerian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Obi Okonkwo ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of postcolonial Nigerian civil service ⓘ
exploration of the pressures on educated African elites ⓘ
pageCount about 176 ⓘ
partOfSeries African Writers Series ⓘ
prequelTo Arrow of God ⓘ
protagonistEducation British-educated ⓘ
protagonistEthnicity Igbo ⓘ
protagonistName Obi Okonkwo ⓘ
protagonistOccupation civil servant ⓘ
publicationDate 1960 ⓘ
publisher Heinemann ⓘ
sequelTo Things Fall Apart ⓘ
setAfter Things Fall Apart ⓘ
setInCountry Nigeria ⓘ
setInPeriod late colonial Nigeria ⓘ
settingCity Lagos ⓘ
settingRegion Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
theme bribery ⓘ
clash between tradition and modernity ⓘ
colonial bureaucracy ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
cultural conflict ⓘ
identity crisis ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinua Achebe → notableWork → No Longer at Ease ⓘ
Things Fall Apart → partOf → The African Trilogy ⓘ
linked to: No Longer at Ease
Things Fall Apart → followedBy → No Longer at Ease ⓘ
Arrow of God → follows → No Longer at Ease ⓘ
A Man of the People → follows → No Longer at Ease ⓘ