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The Famished Road by Ben Okri.
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The Famished Road
by Ben Okri
Ben Okri is a Nigerian-born author known for juxtaposing incisive social critique and African mythological tradition. His Booker Prize-winning third novel, The Famishe...
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The youngest Nigerian writer to have written and published a full-length novel, Ben Okri is the first Nigerian author to succeed as a full-time writer, the first to have won the Booker Prize, and the ...
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Ben Okri is one of the best known of the first generation of Nigerian novelists who have described in their fiction the psychic costs of the Nigerian transition from colonial rule to independence. He ...
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Gates is an American educator, critic, editor, and nonfiction writer who frequently writes on race relations and culture in America. In the following review, he examines Okri's use of African l...
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An English-born educator, editor, novelist, and critic, Appiah specializes in African studies. In the following review, he discusses the plot, characters, and stylistic features of The Famished Road, ...
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