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Achebe the orator : the art of persuasion in Chinua Achebe's novels /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okechukwu, Chinwe
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
Series:Contributions in Afro-American and African studies ; no. 202.
Subjects:
Achebe, Chinua > Technique.
Politics and literature > Nigeria > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > Nigeria > History > 20th century.
Achebe, Chinua > Political and social views.
English language > Nigeria > Rhetoric.
Political oratory > Nigeria.
Nigeria > In literature.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Table of Contents:
  • Chinua Achebe and the African novel
  • Audience and oratory: things fall apart
  • Oratory and social responsibility: Arrow of God
  • Locale and argumentation: no longer at ease
  • The rhetoric of governance: A man of the people
  • The rhetoric of military intervention in politics: Anthills of the Savannah.