Things Fall Apart

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By Chinua Achebe

Okonkwo is the most respected man in Umuofia: a champion wrestler, a hard worker, and the son of a father he is determined not to resemble. His standing rests on strength, and on never showing anything that could be mistaken for weakness.

Then British missionaries and administrators arrive in the villages, and the customs that made Okonkwo who he is begin to lose their force. The novel that shaped modern African writing in English, and that insisted the story be told from inside the community rather than about it.

First published 1958