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Anthills of the Savannah : ウィキペディア英語版 | Anthills of the Savannah
''Anthills of the Savannah'' is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. It was his fifth novel, first published in the UK 21 years after Achebe's previous one (''A Man of the People'' in 1966), and was credited with having "revived his reputation in Britain".〔Maya Jaggi, ("Storyteller of the savannah" ), ''The Guardian'', 18 November 2000.〕 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 ()".〔Holger G. Ehling. ''Critical Approaches to Anthills of the Savannah''. The Netherlands: Rodopi, 1991. 1.〕 ==Plot== ''Anthills 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. Achebe describes the political situation through the experiences of three friends: Chris Oriko, the government's Commissioner for Information; Beatrice Okoh, an official in the Ministry of Finance and girlfriend of Chris; and Ikem Osodi, a newspaper editor critical of the regime. Other characters include Elewa, Ikem's girlfriend and Major "Samsonite" Ossai, a military official known for stapling hands with a Samsonite stapler. Tensions escalate through the novel, culminating in the assassination of Ikem by the regime, the toppling and death of Sam and finally the murder of Chris. The book ends with a non-traditional naming ceremony for Elewa and Ikem's month-old daughter, organized by Beatrice.
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