A Man of the People
Chinua Achebe
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From the publisher
As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M. A. Nanga is ‘a man of the people’, as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist.
At first, the contrast between Nanga and Odili, a former pupil who is visiting the ministry, appears huge. But in an ‘eat-and-let-eat’ atmosphere, Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts - and the two men's personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos.
Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential part of Achebe’s body of work dealing with modern African history.