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This 4 page paper discusses the colonialism aspects of Achebe's novel, A Man of the People. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Man of the People, he is able to show how ultimate power corrupts ultimately. Nigeria in the 1960s was not a good place to
live. Odili Samalu is a teacher who has personal connections to the man, Chief Nanga, who currently rules the country. Odili watches as a person he once respected becomes quite
corrupt and instead of being a man of the people becomes a tyrant and puts himself and his own interests ahead of his people. This is obvious early on when
Nanga fires the finance minister, whose only sin was to advise Nanga that hed better cut coffee prices in order to keep inflation low. Because it is an election year,
Nanga fires the finance minister instead. Then, Nanga sends his secret police in to destroy the finance ministers house and car. Though Odili has
ties to Nanga it cannot save his father from being hit with such heavy taxes that he can barely afford to survive. What this book illustrates is how corruption in
high levels trickles down to the everyday person on the street. The people in Nigeria suffer untold horrors as they fear for their lives should they speak out against Nangas
tactics. There is a great disparity between the haves and the have nots. The health conditions are horrible with no running water and sewers backed up all over the street.
Poverty and famine grip the country and still Nanga cannot see past his own gain. A prevailing undercurrent is carried on between Odili and his
father, who lives outside the city. Because the farmers are able to grow their own food and to, often, escape the eyes and ears of the government, they are slightly
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