Critics praised the novel upon its release.Īnthills of the Savannah takes place in the imaginary West African country of Kangan, where a Sandhurst-trained officer, identified only as Sam and known as "His Excellency, "has taken power following a military coup. A finalist for the 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction, Anthills of the Savannah has been described as the "most important novel to come out of Africa in the ". It was his fifth novel, first published in the United Kingdom 21 years after Achebe's previous one ( A Man of the People in 1966), and was credited with having "revived his reputation in Britain". There was a Country: A Personal History of BiafraĪnthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.
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