Witness History | Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
Based on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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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- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC World Service
- Duration: 8'41''
- Broadcast date: 2016
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- Literary Resource
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