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CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE\nNo.\nImportant Work\nYear\nGenre\nCentral Theme / UGC NET Focus\n1\nPurple Hibiscus\n2003\nNovel\nReligion, family, political oppression, identity\n2\nHalf of a Yellow Sun\n2006\nNovel\nBiafra, Nigerian Civil War, nationalism, love\n3\nThe Thing Around Your Neck\n2009\nShort stories\nMigration, race, identity, diaspora\n4\nAmericanah\n2013\nNovel\nRace, migration, identity, love, African diaspora\n5\nWe Should All Be Feminists\n2014\nEssay\nFeminism, gender equality, culture\n6\nDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions\n2017\nEssay / Book\nFeminism, gender, parenting\n2. CHINUA ACHEBE\nNo.\nImportant Work\nYear\nGenre\nCentral Theme / UGC NET Focus\n1\nThings Fall Apart\n1958\nNovel\nColonialism, Igbo culture, tradition, masculinity\n2\nNo Longer at Ease\n1960\nNovel\nColonial education, corruption, identity\n3\nArrow of God\n1964\nNovel\nTradition, colonialism, religion, leadership\n4\nA Man of the People\n1966\nNovel\nPolitics, corruption, postcolonial Nigeria\n5\nAnthills of the Savannah\n1987\nNovel\nDictatorship, politics, power, journalism\n6\nThe Education of a British-Protected Child\n2008\nEssays\nColonialism, culture, identity\n3. NADINE GORDIMER\nNo.\nImportant Work\nYear\nGenre\nCentral Theme / UGC NET Focus\n1\nThe Lying Days\n1953\nNovel\nApartheid, identity, South African society\n2\nA World of Strangers\n1958\nNovel\nApartheid, racial segregation, alienation\n3\nThe Late Bourgeois World\n1966\nNovel\nApartheid, privilege, political resistance\n4\nThe Conservationist\n1974\nNovel\nApartheid, land, race, identity\n5\nBurger's Daughter\n1979\nNovel\nAnti-apartheid resistance, politics, identity\n6\nJuly's People\n1981\nNovel\nApartheid, revolution, race, power\n7\nA Sport of Nature\n1987\nNovel\nPolitics, exile, anti-apartheid struggle\n8\nThe Pickup\n2001\nNovel\nMigration, race, cultural difference, identity\n4. J. M. COETZEE\nNo.\nImportant Work\nYear\nGenre\nCentral Theme / UGC NET Focus\n1\nDusklands\n1974\nNovel\nColonialism, violence, power\n2\nIn the Heart of the Country\n1977\nNovel\nRace, colonialism, isolation, power\n3\nWaiting for the Barbarians\n1980\nNovel\nEmpire, torture, colonialism, otherness\n4\nLife & Times of Michael K\n1983\nNovel\nWar, freedom, oppression, individual resistance\n5\nFoe\n1986\nNovel\nColonialism, authorship, voice, representation\n6\nAge of Iron\n1990\nNovel\nApartheid, violence, morality, death\n7\nDisgrace\n1999\nNovel\nPost-apartheid South Africa, power, gender, violence\n8\nElizabeth Costello\n2003\nNovel\nEthics, literature, animals, identity\n9\nSlow Man\n2005\nNovel\nAgeing, identity, authorship, dependence\n5. WOLE SOYINKA\nNo.\nImportant Work\nYear\nGenre\nCentral Theme / UGC NET Focus\n1\nThe Lion and the Jewel\n1959\nPlay\nTradition vs modernity, gender, power\n2\nA Dance of the Forests\n1960\nPlay\nHistory, myth, independence, political critique\n3\nThe Trials of Brother Jero\n1960\nPlay\nReligion, hypocrisy, satire\n4\nThe Strong Breed\n1964\nPlay\nTradition, sacrifice, social responsibility\n5\nKongi's Harvest\n1965\nPlay\nDictatorship, power, politics\n6\nThe Man Died\n1972\nMemoir / Essays\nImprisonment, political oppression, resistance\n7\nDeath and the King's Horseman\n1975\nPlay\nColonial interference, ritual, duty, tragedy\n8\nAké: The Years of Childhood\n1981\nAutobiography\nChildhood, colonial Nigeria, memory\n9\nThe Open Sore of a Continent\n1996\nEssays\nNigeria, politics, dictatorship, culture\n6. AMA ATA AIDOO\nNo.\nImportant Work\nYear\nGenre\nCentral Theme / UGC NET Focus\n1\nThe Dilemma of a Ghost\n1965\nPlay\nDiaspora, culture clash, tradition, marriage\n2\nAnowa\n1970\nPlay\nGender, tradition, slavery, capitalism\n3\nOur Sister Killjoy\n1977\nNovel\nAfrican diaspora, colonialism, racism, identity\n4\nChanges: A Love Story\n1991\nNovel\nWomen, marriage, polygamy, independence\n5\nNo Sweetness Here\n1970\nShort stories\nGender, family, Ghanaian society\n6\nSomeone Talking to Sometime\n1985\nPoetry\nIdentity, culture, politics\n7. BUCHI EMECHETA\nNo.\nImportant Work\nYear\nGenre\nCentral Theme / UGC NET Focus\n1\nIn the Ditch\n1972\nNovel\nMigration, poverty, motherhood","cbCaijXUSwQhDt1V","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijXUSwQhDt1V","docx",15479,"English","# CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE\n## Important Works (Chart)\n# CHINUA ACHEBE\n## Important Works (Chart)\n# NADINE GORDIMER\n## Important Works (Chart)\n# J. M. 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