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Things Fall Apart was considered Achebe's magnum opus and formed his "African trilogy" with his other novels; No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God. The novel explores many themes especially culture, masculinity, and colonialism. Things Fall Apart is regarded as a milestone in African literature. It gained critical acclaim and popularity upon ...
In his much publicized essay, "Theoretical Construction and Constructive Theorising on the Execution of Ikemefuna in Achebe's Things Fall Apart: A Study in Critical Dualism" published in the American-based journal, Research in African Literatures, Nwabueze lays bare his contention that from an available analysis look of authorial voice Okonkwo ...
[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.
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]
Malcolm X’s assassination may have been more consequential to the movement than King’s and on par with the losses of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and his brother Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 ...
Things Fall Apart is a 1958 novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart may also refer to: Things Fall Apart, 1999 album by the hip hop band The Roots "Things Fall Apart" (The West Wing), 2005 TV episode "Things Fall Apart" , 2009 TV episode "Things Fall Apart" (Where the Heart Is), 1997 TV episode
Achebe's first novel, Things Fall Apart, tells the tale of Okonkwo, a leader in his community who comes into dispute with the colonial authorities. Arrow of God similarly describes the downfall of a traditional leader at the hands of the colonial authorities. The central conflicts of the novel revolve around the struggle between continuity and ...