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Things Fall Apart is the 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 opposed colonialism and the early Christian missionaries.
Ainehi Edoro (born 11 December) [1] is a Nigerian writer, critic and academic. She is the founder and publisher of the African literary blog Brittle Paper.She is currently an assistant professor of Global Black Literatures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [2]
A TV series adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” is in development at A24 with Idris Elba attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned exclusively. No writer is ...
[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.
In the critically acclaimed novel by Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (1958), the character Ezinma was considered an ọgbanje because she was the first of 10 children born to her mother that did not die in infancy. [8] [10] In the novel Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (2018), the main character, Ada, is an ọgbanje [11]
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.
Things Fall Apart: Towncrier with Pete Edochie: 1993 Circle of Doom 2: with Kanayo O. Kanayo: 1995 Frame Up: writer and director only; with Tobechukwu Anadi and Ngozi Nwaneto Rattlesnake: Odinaka with Francis Duru: 1997 Blood Vapour: Lambert with Hilda Dokubo: Pam Pam: From the Adventure of Lokko and Mambo: with Charley Boy Oputa and Jide ...
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