Book at Bedtime – Things Fall Apart (2008)

Duration: 13'36''

Synopsis

Chuk Iwuji reads from Chinua Achebe's classic novel, abridged by Jane Marshall.

Further Information

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Book at Bedtime - Things Fall Apart (2008) | Episode 8

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Chuk Iwuji reads from Chinua Achebe's classic novel, abridged by Jane Marshall. Missionaries arrive in the village and...

Book at Bedtime - Things Fall Apart (2008) | Episode 9

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Book at Bedtime - Things Fall Apart (2008) | Episode 10

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Book at Bedtime - Things Fall Apart (2008) | Episode 10

Book at Bedtime - Things Fall Apart (2008) | Episode 10

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Other Archive resources
Things Fall Apart | BBC World Service | 2016

Witness History | Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

In 1958 Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe published his first book, it would revolutionise African culture and was the beginning of a whole new genre of world literature.
Things Fall Apart | BBC Radio 4 | 2008

Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe's Lament

Zina Saro-Wiwa explores the legacy of Africa's first great post-colonial novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.