Anthills of the Savannah

Anthills of the Savannah

Summary

'[The writer] in whose company the prison walls fell down' - Nelson Mandela. After a long silence Achebe published in 1987 what many see as his greatest work - an acrid, frightening look at oil-boom Nigeria, a world of robberies, road blocks and intimidation in which those who are meant to be protecting a country's citizens are in reality supervising the looting.

About the author

Chinua Achebe

Learn More

Sign up to the Penguin Newsletter

For the latest books, recommendations, author interviews and more