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CHENUA ACHEBES
THINGS FACC APART
As A POST- COLONTAL TEXT
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wats to be sucea0a hul in i s e Htia faloe

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waHe Jid wot loot afte us nly,a only
cakud foA&us maad Okoukuwas fatto Ondka a
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likea Jwna.Ckenbuyo kwad ow

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ha Soidtim duin a t leseio &asuest

wont"Do wot dspoib wow ya w wot
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