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  1. By Chinua Achebe. 'Things Fall Apart' follows the tragic story of a high-performing but deeply flawed African native inhabiting an exalted place within his traditional Umuofia society which is under threat from European imperialists. Article written by Israel Njoku. Degree in M.C.M with focus on Literature from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

  2. Mar 19, 2020 · 367.7M. 215 pages ; 21 cm. "Things Fall Apart is one of the most widely read African novels ever published. It is written by one of Nigeria s leading novelists, Chinua Achebe. Set in the Ibo village of Umuofia, Things Fall Apart recounts a stunning moment in African history - its colonization by Britain. The novel, first published in 1958, has ...

  3. Things Fall Apart by Nigerian author and poet Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958, is a seminal work in African literature. Set in pre-colonial Nigeria, the novel chronicles the life of Okonkwo, a proud Igbo warrior, as he navigates the shifting dynamics of his community.

  4. Drawing on the traditional Igbo tales of Achebe's youth, The African Trilogy is a literary landmark, a mythic and universal tale of modern Africa. As Toni Morrison wrote, "African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe. For passion, intellect and crystalline prose, he is unsurpassed.""--

  5. Aug 18, 2020 · 33.4M. This is a simple, powerful and hopeful story that provides an inside view into Nigeria and Africa. Chike and the River (originally published in South Africa by Cambridge University Press in 1966) tells the tale of a young man who leaves his small village of Umuofia to live with his uncle in the “big city” of Onitsha. Addeddate.

  6. Mar 24, 2019 · Chinua Achebe (1930 – 2013) is probably both the most widely known and the most representative African novelist. He may very well have written the first African novel of real literary merit—such at least is the opinion of Charles Larson—and he deals with what one can call the classic issue that preoccupies his fellow novelists, the clash ...

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  8. Civil Peace Summary. “Civil Peace” takes place in southern Nigeria, shortly after the end of the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970), in which the state of Biafra failed in its attempt to secede and which has devastated the country. A man named Jonathan Iwegbu has survived the war along with his wife, Maria and three of his four children.

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