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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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.
The History Hour | Medicare
America's government health insurance programme Medicare came into force in July 1966. Plus, Chinua Achebe's seminal African novel Things Fall Apart.