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...capture raw musicality starting from its production process. Unlike the past two albums by Trail of Dead, the tracks were recorded live without excessive editing, and the energy and sincerity that seemed missing in previous albums “So Divided” and “Worlds Apart?? comes through.The opening track, an instrumental of two and a half minutes, sets the tone for the rest of the album. The short interlude of noise followed by a crisp piano entrance recalls “Source Tag & Codes,” the glory days, which opens...
...feat in the novel is his ability to communicate Okonkwo’s poignant experience to Western audiences. But Achebe’s visit to Harvard was not only a celebration of his first novel, but also a celebration of his legacy. Since penning “Things Fall Apart?? at 28, the writer has had a prolific career as a public intellectual, outspoken activist, professor, and postcolonial patriarch. He has written multiple essays, a book of poetry, and several other celebrated books, including “Arrow of God” and “No Longer...
...College in New York. Would you ever consider becoming a professor here?Achebe: Well, I think it is probably too late, [laughs] because I am quite comfortable where I am. To see Harvard from that distance seems to be quite useful.FM: When you wrote “Things Fall Apart??, did you have any idea that it would have the impact that it has?Achebe: No, it was impossible to have any such view because there was nothing to base it on. It had not been done before, exactly what I had a mind...
Prominent Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his first seminal work, “Things Fall Apart?? yesterday evening with readings from his poetry and a discussion of his life’s work—both literary and political—in front of a packed audience at the Tsai Auditorium...
Several students in the crowded expressed excitement at getting to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of “Things Fall Apart?? with the lauded writer himself...