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Postcolonial modern · Novel

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe. An Igbo leader’s personal rigidity intersects with the disruptive arrival of British colonial and Christian institutions.

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Date
1958
Origin
Nigeria
Era
Postcolonial modern
Genre
Novel
Difficulty
Accessible
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

ColonialismTraditionMasculinity

Why it matters

An Igbo leader’s personal rigidity intersects with the disruptive arrival of British colonial and Christian institutions.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of modern expanded canon. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.

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