Is No Longer at Ease (1960) CHUD or WOKE?
chudrank score: 62 / 100 (slightly WOKE-leaning). 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing).
Book by Chinua Achebe, 1960.
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Why: Critiques colonial impact on Nigeria
When Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in *Things Fall Apart* returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. *No Longer at Ease,* the third and concluding novel in Chinua Achebe’s *The African Trilogy*, depicts the uncertainties that beset the nation of Nigeria, as independence from colonial rule loomed near. In Obi Okonkwo’s experiences, the ambiguities, pitfalls, and temptations of a rapidly evolving society are revealed. He is part of a ruling Nigerian elite whose corruption he finds repugnant. His fate, however, overtakes him as he finds himself trapped between the expectation of his family, his village—both re…