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One of the most widely read novels from Nigeria's most famous novelist, Things Fall Apart is a gripping study of the problem of European colonialism in Africa. The story relates the cultural collision that occurs when Christian English missionaries arrive among the Ibos of Nigeria, bringing along their European ways of life and religion. In the novel, the Nigerian Okonkwo recognizes the cultural imperialism of the white men and tries to show his own people how their own society will fall apart if they exchange their own cultural core for that of the English.
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Things Fall Apart - Rated
Marked as one of the greatest Nigerian novelist of all time, Chinua Achebe's work is a stunning classic amongst measurable contemporaries such as Hae-In Lee, Kostas Varnalis, Ole Wivel and Jane Kenyon. The novel released in 1958, follows the story of a man driven by pride who's down fall is his own strength. These semantics of hubris along with a company of greek dramatics that are sculpted by a dogmatic sophistication of ancient west African society, makes Things Fall Apart a noble illustration of a culture's sincere colours and an authentic crafting of literature.
Modern classic - Rated
This novel was arresting from the first page where Okonkwo marks his status in the village by drinking wine from the head of his victim. In some ways the culture of the Ibo people is so different from Western culture but in some ways, universal values make people so similar the world over that on reading this novel you constantly stop in your tracks to reflect on your life and values. The book is really moving and tragic and the final sentence is one of the most powerful I can remember reading.
I wonder if this might be a better set text at GCSE than the Achebe poem (Vultures) that is currently on the specification?
Things Fall Apart - To fight or not to fight? - Rated
I orderd this book in response to a south bank show broadcast on Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; I was inspired to read Things Fall Apart. Having read Roots and Mandella's biography and autobiographies, I find the same theme running through Things Fall Apart; when to fight and when to accept the 'inevitable'? Many nations and cultures face the choice of accepting what is thrust upon them, or fighting for their rights to worship, live and be as they wish and often have always been. Some fight and usually at great personal cost (Benasir Butou and Aung San Suu Kyi) others try hard to accept the new ways that are thrust upon them. What is right? That is the complex situation we see in this book. It isn't just about nations, it is about individuals, their history, their beliefs their own individual pride, their goals for their own future and the children they will bring into the world. If this interestes you... read this book!
Things Fall Apart- a warm and sensitive narrative - Rated
I started reading this with some trepidation, I warmed to this and could not put it down. I was transported into this other world with its customs and mindsets and felt the shock of its collision with another culture. A brilliant read, thought provoking too.
Tribalism of West Africa prior to the Christian Missionaries. - Rated
A well written book describing the extensive and extreme physical violence among the the primitive tribes of the villages of West Africa with fatalistic belief in Gods and the superiority of the male over the female.The violence is described realistically and could emotionally upset some readers.
