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“The popularity of Things Fall Apart in my own society can be explained simply, because my people are seeing themselves virtually for the first time in the story,” Achebe said in 1991.
Prof. Achebe's body of works earned him respect as one of the masters of the fine art of good writing. He was only 28 years when he wrote the classic, Things Fall Apart, in 1958; before I was born.
B Brooks Eti-Inyene A TV series adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” is in development at A24 Studios with Idris Elba as lead actor and executive producer.
A24 is the studio. The official logline of the series Things Fall Apart reads " The story follows Okonkwo (Elba), a fearless African warrior and leader, as British colonisers disrupt his world.
Pete Edochie played the lead role of 'Okonkwo' in the 1987 Nigerian Television Authority adaptation of Chinua Achebe's all-time best-selling novel Things Fall Apart.
English actor, Idris Elba, is set to portray Okonkwo, the protagonist in Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, Things Fall Apart, in a new TV series adaptation by American entertainment company, A24.