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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe: About Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He passed away on March 21, 2013 at the age of 82.
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe discusses his work and ideas with with CBC producer Sheyfali Saujani
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An Evening with Chinua Achebe
From the Library of Congress. (1:12).
Achebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After 'Things Fall Apart'
From PBS News.
Conversation with Chinua Achebe
From CNN.
Books by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Call Number: F ACH
ISBN: 0385667833
Publication Date: 2009
Achuba's tale centers on Okonkwo, a strong man of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The novel is a fable of the conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world. It is also about clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world with the arrival of aggressive European missionaries.
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
Call Number: F ACH
ISBN: 9780385667807
Publication Date: 2010
The final novel in Achebe's African trilogy, Arrow of God takes up the ongoing struggle between continuity and change. Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa's best-known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect--the personal struggle between father and son.