Anthills of the Savannah Study Guide consists of approx. 72 pages of summaries and analysis on Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe. Browse the literature study guide below:
This story takes place in the fictional African state of Kangan in the late 1980s. The opening chapter is set in the government headquarters during a meeting between the President of Kangan and the members of his Council. The narrator, Christopher Oriko -- the Commissioner for Information -- has just had a disagreement with the President over a proposed trip to the province of Abazon. The President flatly refuses to make an official visit there, and Oriko apologizes to the President, insincerely, for having mentioned it. (
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