The Forum | Chinua Achebe – Rewriting the African Story
Based on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Rajan Datar and guests discuss Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author, academic and advocate of African fiction.
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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.
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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.