Anthills of the Savannah Summary
Chinua Achebe

Anthills of the Savannah Summary

Anthills of the Savannah is a novel nominee for the 1987 Booker McConnell Prize by well-known author Chinuah Achebe. In this novel, Chris Oriko is the Commissioner of Information as a cabinet member in Africa, which is a role appointed to him by the President of the country, who is also a childhood friend of Chris’s. Chris finds himself struggling with Ikem, who is also a childhood friend, and the person...

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