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“When she turned 10 and read Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, about the clash between Igbo tradition and the British colonial way of life, everything changed: ‘I realized that people who looked like me could live in books.’ She has been writing about Africa ever since.”
— Washington Post
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Helpful terms to know:
Helpful terms to know:
- colonialism: the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
- missal: a book containing the texts used in the Catholic Mass throughout the year.
- etagere: a piece of furniture with a number of open shelves for displaying ornaments
- oblate: a person dedicated to a religious life, but typically having not taken full monastic vows
- compound: an open area enclosed by a fence, for example around a factory or large house or within a prison.
- harmattan: a dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast, occurring from December to February
Purple Hibiscus Reading Schedule:
Purple Hibiscus Reading Schedule:
For pages 162-205: Select 3 key places in this part of the novel. For each key place, write a meaningful sticky note which analyzes, questions, makes connections or explores connotations about this key place in the text. Be prepared to share your observations during discussion.
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