No Longer at Ease
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No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| No Longer at Ease canonical | 2 |
| The African Trilogy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5797246 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Longer at Ease Context triple: [Chinua Achebe, notableWork, No Longer at Ease]
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A.
Things Fall Apart
"Things Fall Apart" is a critically acclaimed 1999 hip-hop album by The Roots known for its socially conscious lyrics, live-instrumentation sound, and significant influence on alternative rap.
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B.
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe’s landmark 1958 novel that portrays pre-colonial Igbo society and the disruptive impact of British colonialism in Nigeria.
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C.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child is a landmark Kenyan novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the impact of British colonialism and the Mau Mau uprising on a young boy and his community.
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D.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film adaptation of Alan Paton's classic South African novel, depicting racial injustice and reconciliation during the apartheid era.
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E.
The River Between
The River Between is a novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the cultural and religious tensions in a Gikuyu community during the early period of British colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Longer at Ease Target entity description: No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
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A.
Things Fall Apart
"Things Fall Apart" is a critically acclaimed 1999 hip-hop album by The Roots known for its socially conscious lyrics, live-instrumentation sound, and significant influence on alternative rap.
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B.
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe’s landmark 1958 novel that portrays pre-colonial Igbo society and the disruptive impact of British colonialism in Nigeria.
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C.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child is a landmark Kenyan novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the impact of British colonialism and the Mau Mau uprising on a young boy and his community.
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D.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film adaptation of Alan Paton's classic South African novel, depicting racial injustice and reconciliation during the apartheid era.
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E.
The River Between
The River Between is a novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the cultural and religious tensions in a Gikuyu community during the early period of British colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Chinua Achebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Christopher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clara Okeke NERFINISHED ⓘ Hannah Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Okeke NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Obi Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followsCharacterFrom | Things Fall Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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postcolonial literature ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780435900019 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African literature
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Nigerian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Obi Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of postcolonial Nigerian civil service
ⓘ
exploration of the pressures on educated African elites ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 176 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | African Writers Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prequelTo | Arrow of God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistEducation | British-educated ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Igbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Obi Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | civil servant ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequelTo | Things Fall Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setAfter | Things Fall Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late colonial Nigeria ⓘ |
| settingCity | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Eastern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
bribery
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clash between tradition and modernity ⓘ colonial bureaucracy ⓘ corruption ⓘ cultural conflict ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: No Longer at Ease Description of subject: No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The African Trilogy