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Historical collection of letters and memoirs by African-American women in the nineteenth-century.

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Cultural, educational, and statistical resources covering the African continent. From the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: Teaching Through the Novel

    Created February 19, 2010
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    This lesson introduces students to Achebe's first novel and to his views on the role of the writer in his or her society.

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