Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order.
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Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Afri...
Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, he takes violent
Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his fat...
In 'The Education of a British-Protected Child', Chinua Achebe gives us a vivid, ironic and delicately nuanced portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria and inhabiting its middle ground, interrogating both his happy memories of reading English adventure stories in secondary school and also the harsher truths of colonial rule.
In 'The Education of a British-Protected Child', Chinua Achebe gives us a vivid, ironic and delicately nuanced portrait of growing up in colonial Nige...
'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...
'A Man of the People' is Achebe's analysis of post-independence African politics and of the overwhelming sense of disappointment and unease that filled Nigeria on the eve of the terrible Biafran War.
'A Man of the People' is Achebe's analysis of post-independence African politics and of the overwhelming sense of disappointment and unease that fille...
Anthills of the Savannah is a frightening look at oil-boom Nigeria, a world of robberies, road blocks and intimidation in which those who are meant to be protecting a country's citizens are in reality supervising the looting.
Anthills of the Savannah is a frightening look at oil-boom Nigeria, a world of robberies, road blocks and intimidation in which those who are meant to...
Oki Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who, thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain, has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be backhanders and corruption.
Oki Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who, thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain, has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil se...
'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...
The defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and vivid first-hand observation, this title is a work of wisdom and compassion from one of the great voices of our age.
The defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and viv...
