Book at Bedtime – Things Fall Apart (2008) | Episode 2
Based on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Chuk Iwuji reads from Chinua Achebe's classic novel. Okonkwo was ashamed of his father and he was determined not to follow in his footsteps but to earn respect in the clan.
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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: Chinua Achebe's Lament
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