Episode 10: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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Episode 10: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

2021-03-10
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is the most widely read African novel, and we're exploring some of the reasons why. We follow its main character, Okonkwo, from childhood to death. From the start, it's an enthralling story of striving and courage as he surmounts various challenges to establish himself as an Igbo elder and warrior in Umuofia, during the late 1800s. However, this novel from Nigeria does not end with his rise to wealth and power. It ends, instead, with Okonkwo's final reduction to death and...
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