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Article
English Abstract
I begin my review of Oreva Olakpe’s book, South-South Migrations and the Law from Below: Case Studies on China and Nigeria, by observing that occasionally, a story comes along that needs to be written. One such story is Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Achebe was a conduit by which the powerful account in Things Fall Apart was written. The story was one that had to be written at some point because it filled a gap in the bookshelf. During an interview, Achebe stated that he felt something needed to be done. At the time, European authors wrote most of the literature accounting for African culture, making it difficult for anyone to have a true sense of the trials and tribulations that several African tribes were facing. Since most of Europe was in a scramble for Africa, their literature inevitability contained some bias. Achebe set out to tell the truth through fiction.
Citation Information
Ngwaba, Uchechukwu. "Book Review - Oreva Olakpe, South-South Migrations and the Law from Below: Case Studies on China and Nigeria." The Transnational Human Rights Review 11. (2024) : 50-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2563-4631.1111 https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/thr/vol11/iss1/4