Africa's Tarnished Name Author:Chinua Achebe 'He needed to hear Africa speak for itself after a lifetime of hearing Africa spoken about by others.' Electrifying essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent, from the father of modern African literature. — What is Nigeria to me is adapted from a speech given at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in... more » Lagos in 2008. Travelling white was originally published in the Guardian in 1989, and Africa's tarnished name in Another Africa in 1998. Africa is people adapted from a speech given at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris in 1998. All are included in The education of a British-protected child (2011)« less