Anthills of the Savannah

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Anthills of the Savannah is a political novel by Chinua Achebe that explores power, corruption, and resistance in a fictional postcolonial African state.

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Anthills of the Savannah canonical 2

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Chinua Achebe ⓘ
award Booker Prize shortlist ⓘ
awardYear 1987 Booker Prize shortlist ⓘ
centralConflict struggle between authoritarian rule and popular resistance ⓘ
contains depiction of a military coup attempt ⓘ
political speeches and editorials ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nigeria ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
focusesOn relationship between intellectuals and power ⓘ
role of women in political transformation ⓘ
followsInTheme critique of postcolonial African leadership ⓘ
genre political fiction ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement African literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Beatrice Nwanyibuife ⓘ
Chris Oriko ⓘ
Ikem Osodi ⓘ
Sam ⓘ
narrativePerspective multiple narrators ⓘ
narrativeTechnique shifting points of view ⓘ
use of oral storytelling elements ⓘ
notableCharacterRole Beatrice as civil servant and symbolic moral center ⓘ
Chris Oriko as Commissioner for Information ⓘ
Ikem Osodi as newspaper editor and poet ⓘ
Sam as military Head of State ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCountApprox 200–250 pages ⓘ
precededBy A Man of the People ⓘ
publicationYear 1987 ⓘ
publisher Heinemann ⓘ
setting fictional African state of Kangan ⓘ
studiedIn African literature courses ⓘ
postcolonial studies courses ⓘ
symbolism anthills as symbols of endurance ⓘ
savannah as symbol of the African landscape and people ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme abuse of power ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
gender and patriarchy ⓘ
military dictatorship ⓘ
postcolonial politics ⓘ
power ⓘ
resistance ⓘ
role of the writer in society ⓘ

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Chinua Achebe → notableWork → Anthills of the Savannah ⓘ
A Man of the People → precedes → Anthills of the Savannah ⓘ