Things Fall Apart The choice: traditional or alien culture? novel by Chinua Achebe The Second Coming A vision of society's breakdown poem by William Butler Yeats Genesis 22: 1-19 The Sacrifice of Isaac Father, son, and God's will the Bible Mother Was a Great Man The story of a strong Ibo woman short story by Catherine Obianuju Acholonu Prayer to Masks A promise of the masked spirits poem by Leopold Sedar Senghor Shooting an Elephant The dirty work of empires essay by George Orwell The Significance of a Veteran's Day How to survive "progress" poem by Simon Ortiz Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog An officer and his loving daughter short story by Stephanie Vaughn Exiles Where can you go when you must go away? poem by Mark Strand