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A Man of The People, Chinua Achebe writes about a man named Odilli and his struggles with a corrupt parliament and a confused Nigerian community.
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A Man of The People, Chinua Achebe writes about a man named Odilli and his struggles with a corrupt parliament and a confused Nigerian community. Achebe chooses to write this Nigerian story in modern standard English instead of in Igbo, his native language. He also adds in proverbs and old sayings to his text. But because Achebe does use Nigerian pidgin within the text during the dialogue episodes, the text raises question as to whether it is an African text or a universal text. Some speculate that because this story contains some Nigerian pidgin and takes place in Nigeria with Nigerian characters, it would be an African text. But on the other hand, it is told in English, which makes it a universal text. The clear answer would be both. The text is both African and universal due to the balance of portraying the old Nigerian traditions and the culture...
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