No Longer at Ease Summary
Chinua Achebe

No Longer at Ease Summary

No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe is the story of a young Ibo man educated on scholarship in England, whose fine civil service job with perks and a beautiful fiancé get him caught up in a system he loathes and swiftly causes him to lose all.

Twenty-six-year-old Obi Okonkwo is convicted of accepting bribes as a civil servant. His boss, who testifies against him, and another British colonial official wonder what it is in the African makeup causes such aberrations, while Obi's people in the Umuofia Progressive Union (UPU) see it being merely a case of an inexperienced young person not going about it in the established manner. How Obi comes to this end is examined.

Obi meets beautiful Clara Okeke at a dance in England where both are studying, but makes no impression on her. They meet again traveling home to Nigeria, and their first kiss is... View more of the No Longer at Ease Summary