'Things Fall Apart' tells the story of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first on the scene. Okonkwo becomes exiled from his tribe, as a result of his pride and his fears, with tragic consequences.
'Things Fall Apart' tells the story of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first on the scene. Okonkwo becomes...
'An Image of Africa' asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' whose novel 'Heart of Darkness' perpetuates damaging stereotypes of black people. In 'The Trouble With Nigeria', Achebe delivers a searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country.
'An Image of Africa' asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' whose novel 'Heart of Darkness' perpetuates damaging stereotypes of...
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy--comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease--is his magnum opus. In these masterly novels, Achebe brilliantly imagines the lives of three generations of an African community as their world is upended by the forces of colonialism from the first arrival of the British to the waning days of empire. The trilogy opens with the groundbreaking Things Fall Apart, the tale of Okonkwo, a...
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Tr...
