Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
- Kyle Park
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min read
In my recent podcast, We Need to Talk About Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (Part 1 & 2), I introduce Things Fall Apart and primarily focus on discussing the meaning/significance of the book's ending! As mentioned in the podcast, here is a list of resources if you want to learn more about Things Fall Apart and Chinua Achebe. Also, if you haven't checked out my podcast yet, click HERE to head over to my podcast page!
Photo Left: A Photo of Chinua Achebe (Courtesy of The Paris Review)
Photo Right: Things Fall Apart Book Cover
Links to Purchasing the Book
More on Chinua Achebe & Things Fall Apart
Al Jazeera News: "Chinua Achebe: Why Google honors him today"
Brooks, Jerome (The Paris Review): "Chinua Achebe, The Art of Fiction No. 139"
Ciabattari, Jane (BBC Culture): "Was Chinua Achebe Africa’s most influential author?"
CrashCourse: "If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1: Crash Course Literature 208"
CrashCourse: "Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209"
Donahue, Deirdre (USA Today): "Appreciation: Chinua Achebe influenced writers around the world"
Franklin, Ruth (The New Yorker): "After Empire"
Hirst, K. Kirs (ThoughtCo): "Biography of Chinua Achebe, Author of "Things Fall Apart""
Innes, Lyn (The Guardian): "Chinua Achebe obituary"
Jilani, Sarah (The Conversation): "Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe and the languages of African literature"
Kandell, Jonathan (The New York Times): "Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82"
Lee, Alexander (History Today): "Portrait of the Author as a Historian: Chinua Achebe"
Ogunlesi Tolu (CNN Opinion): "Things fall apart: Chinua Achebe and Nigeria"
Quinn, Annalisa (National Public Radio): "Chinua Achebe And The Bravery Of Lions"
Rahim, Sameer (The Telegraph): "Chinua Achebe's death is a loss for Africa, and the world"
Rahman, Sadia (The Business Standard): "A moment for ‘Things Fall Apart’ and Chinua Achebe"
White, Jeremy (The Independent): "Chinua Achebe: Why he was one of the world's most important modern writers"
Wroe, Nicholas (The Guardian): "Chinua Achebe: A life in writing"
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