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A review by reneedecoskey
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
medium-paced
4.0
Finished Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe last night. I started it a month ago and then went into a reading slump, but it was a good book.
It’s the story of Okonkwo, his wives, children, and clan before the British colonized Nigeria. Most of the book establishes how Nigerians lived in their villages and what their customs were.
The back third of the book sees the white men from England bringing Christianity to Nigeria on behalf of their queen, and the fallout that ensues.
It’s the first book in a trilogy, published in the 1950s, but the best known.
This isn’t the first book I’ve read about the white men coming into Africa, but it offers a strong back story and another perspective about the damage that was done.
4/5
It’s the story of Okonkwo, his wives, children, and clan before the British colonized Nigeria. Most of the book establishes how Nigerians lived in their villages and what their customs were.
The back third of the book sees the white men from England bringing Christianity to Nigeria on behalf of their queen, and the fallout that ensues.
It’s the first book in a trilogy, published in the 1950s, but the best known.
This isn’t the first book I’ve read about the white men coming into Africa, but it offers a strong back story and another perspective about the damage that was done.
4/5