Things Fall Apart
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Things Fall Apart
| Author | Chinua Achebe |
|---|---|
| Published | 1958 |
| Pages | 209 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Chinua Achebe’s novel of Okonkwo, a man of standing in an Igbo village in what is now southeastern Nigeria, and of what happens to his authority — and the society that granted it — when British administration and Christian mission arrive in the 1890s. Achebe wrote it in English to narrate that encounter from the inside rather than from the deck of a European ship; it is the most widely read work of African fiction in English. |
Things Fall Apart
Where I heard about it
- Dissident Teacher — on A Library to Build Great Americans, a 468-title curriculum published by the Substack writer in December 2025, in the Ages 13-99+ band under Fiction. The same list carries Heart of Darkness, and Achebe’s 1975 lecture “An Image of Africa” was a direct attack on Conrad’s novel — so the two titles sitting in one curriculum is a live argument rather than a pairing.
About this edition
Published in 1958 as the first volume of what became the African Trilogy, with No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964).
Connections
- Chinua Achebe — the author.
- Nigeria — the setting.
- Africa — the wider subject.
- Heart of Darkness — on the same list, and the book Achebe spent a famous lecture arguing against.
- Literature
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.