Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Chinua Achebe (1930-)

Things Fall Apart

  • explores the forces that drive the rise and fall of Okonkwo, a leader in the Umuofia clan, and the influences of British colonialism and Christian missionaris on his traditional Igbo community
  • the title of the book comes from Yeats' "The Second Coming"

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