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Chinua Achebe’s essay Spelling Our Proper Name is a reflective, politically charged meditation on African identity, colonial history, and the necessity of reclaiming narrative authority. Through autobiographical anecdotes, historical references, and literary reflections, Achebe examines how colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade distorted the identity and history of African peoples. The essay argues that Africans and African Americans must reclaim their historical narratives and cultural ...