《Chinua Achebe - An Image of Africa》.pdf

An Image of Africa Author(s): Chinua Achebe Source: Research in African Literatures, Vol. 9, No. 1, Special Issue on Literary Criticism (Spring, 1978), pp. 1-15 Published by: Indiana University Press Stable URL: /stable/3818468 . Accessed: 21/01/2011 08:47 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at . /action/showPublisher?publisherCode=iupress. . Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. Indiana University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Research in African Literatures. AN IMAGEOF AFRICA ChinuaAchebe At the of this academic I was one day fromthe beginning year, walking English Departmentto a parkinglot. It was a fine autumnmorning such as friendlinessto Brisk youngsters encouraged passing strangers. were hurryingin all directions,many of them obviouslyfreshmenin their first flushof An older man