Achebe followed Things Fall Apart with No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964); the three books comprise what’s now known as The African Trilogy. The novel resonates with people all ...

It was set in a village in what is now Nigeria, just as the Ibo people there had their first encounters with European Christian missionaries. Chinua Achebe was just 28 when he wrote the book, his ...

The African writer and the English language / Chinua Achebe -- Igbo cosmology and the parameters of individual accomplishment in Things fall apart / Clement Okafor -- Eternal sacred order versus ...

Editor’s Note: Tolu Ogunlesi is a freelance journalist in Lagos, Nigeria. In 2009 he was awarded the Arts and Culture prize in the annual CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards. Chinua Achebe ...

Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, a classic of post-colonial African literature, has died at the age of 82. Often referred to as the grandfather of African letters, the Nigerian was ...

Achebe's most famous novel Things Fall Apart was published in 1958. An exploration of the tragic effect of British colonialism on a traditional African man, it has been published in almost 50 ...

Nigerian-born author Chinua Achebe has died. The 82-year-old was best known for his gorgeously written historical novel that served as an indictment of colonialism, “Things Fall Apart ...