![]() With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. ![]()
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