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Arrow of God

by Chinua Achebe

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The chief priest of Umuaro is caught between his people and the colonial administration in the 1920s.

NigerianAfricanLiterary fictionHistoricalColonialismFaithPolitics

  • First published 1964
  • Length Medium
  • Language English

In lists: African classics

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