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Phrases in the poem have been adopted as the title in a variety of media. The words "things fall apart" in the third line are alluded to by Chinua Achebe in his novel Things Fall Apart (1958), [1] The Roots in their album Things Fall Apart (1999), [15] and Jon Ronson in his podcast series Things Fell Apart (2021). [16]
Things Fall Apart is the 1958 debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It portrays the life of Okonkwo, a traditional influential leader of the fictional Igbo clan, Umuofia. He is a feared warrior and a local wrestling champion who opposes colonialism and the early Christian missionaries.
[173] [174] Things Fall Apart has been described as the most important book in modern African literature [175] and was described as his masterpiece by critic Dwight Garner. [176] Selling over 20 million copies worldwide, it has been translated into 57 languages, [177] making Achebe the most translated, studied, and read African author.
No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe.It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Colonial Nigeria civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe.
[3] [4] [5] Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi criticises Nigerian literature for its exclusion of women. [6] Adichie's contemporary Elleke Boehmer commends "The Headstrong Historian" for its feminist agenda, which is identified as extending Achebe's Things Fall Apart and challenging its account of Igbo history. [7]
Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe: W. B. Yeats, "The Second Coming" This Side of Paradise: F. Scott Fitzgerald: Rupert Brooke, "Tiare Tahiti" Those Barren Leaves: Aldous Huxley: William Wordsworth, "The Tables Turned" Thrones, Dominations: Dorothy L. Sayers: John Milton, Paradise Lost: Tiger! Tiger! (alternative title of The Stars My Destination ...
An Igbo fable concerning the tortoise and the birds has gained wide distribution because it occurs in the famous novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. [16] The tortoise, who is a West African trickster figure, hears of a feast to be given by the sky-dwellers to the birds and persuades them to take him with them, winged in their feathers ...
The episode's title is taken from a passage in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the book Cal was reading when Angela tries to pick a fight. [2] The episode includes the only appearance of "Lube Man" within the series, in the scene where Angela attempts to chase him down after he witnesses her disposing of Will's wheelchair.