aspects of his work. As Bruce King comments in
             Introduction to Nigerian Literature: "Achebe was the first Nigerian writer to
             successfully transmute the conventions of the novel, a European art form, into
             African literature." In an Achebe novel, King notes, "European character study is
             subordinated to the portrayal of communal life; European economy of form is
             replaced by an aesthetic appropriate to the rhythms of traditional tribal life."
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