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The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart No Longer at Ease Arrow of God
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature in English, the writer who 'opened the magic casements of African fiction' for an international readership. Following …
Things Fall Apart
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe's African Trilogy. Things Fall Apart is the compelling story of one man's …
The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy--comprised of Things Fall …
The Trouble with Nigeria
Things Fall Apart
Weep Not, Child
The Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer's powerful first novel Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, …
No Longer at Ease
Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who, thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain, has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role …
There Was a Country
The defining experience of Chinua Achebe's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. For more than forty years Achebe was silent on those terrible years, …
Arrow of God
Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat - from his rivals …
Girls at War: And Other Stories
Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a …
Arrow of God
"My favorite novel." --Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "A magical writer--one of the greatest of the twentieth century." --Margaret Atwood "African literature is incomplete and …
A Man of the People
As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M. A. Nanga is 'a man of the people', as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. At first, the contrast between Nanga and …