Chinua Achebe is one of the founding fathers of African literature in English, a writer of world stature whose novel Things Fall Apart is one of the essential works of the twentieth century. This Collected Poems draws on his three collections of poetry, and includes seven previously unpublished poems; it reveals a lifetime of poetic engagement with politics, war and culture, inherited wisdom and the making of new futures. Achebe's poems are ironic, generous and tender, drawing deep on the Igbo traditions of his African roots, confronting the continent's harsh realities of violence and exploitation.
- ISBN13 9781857548433
- Publish Date 24 November 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 November 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English