Achebe’s English and the Ethics of Translation
- Chukwudi E. Onu1(corresponding author)
- Sarah L. Bennett2
- 1Department of English and Literary Studies, Sample University (SAMPLE)
- 2School of Modern Languages, Sample University (SAMPLE)
- *Corresponding author
- Issue
- Article in Press
- DOI
- Assigned once JHTS joins Crossref
- Received
- 30 December 2027
- Accepted
- 19 March 2028
- Online
- 28 April 2028
- Licence
- OA CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Chinua Achebe described his English as ‘a new English, still in full communion with its ancestral home but altered to suit its new African surroundings’. This review reads that claim as an ethics of translation and traces its influence on later Nigerian writers and on translation studies.
Cite this article
Onu, C. E., & Bennett, S. L. (2028). Achebe’s English and the Ethics of Translation. Journal of Humanities and Transcultural Studies. Advance online publication. http://localhost:3000/articles/achebe-and-the-ethics-of-translation