Embracing Fiction A little over a year ago, I wrote a review of Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's book, "Americanah". It was my first fiction read after close to twelve years, and at the beginning of the review I explain why. During my first year in high school, I had an English teacher who loved to read African literature. We could tell from the ratio of grammar lessons to literature lessons he gave in that year. We would spend every available double lesson on the timetable reading Chinua Achebe's books, and for many 09/22/2017
A little over a year ago, I wrote a review of Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's book, "Americanah". It was my first fiction read after close to twelve years, and at the beginning of the review I explain why. During my first year in high school, I had an English teacher who loved to read African literature. We could tell from the ratio of grammar lessons to literature lessons he gave in that year. We would spend every available double lesson on the timetable reading Chinua Achebe's books, and for many
