Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Groundswell Speaker 2024

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Groundswell Speaker 2024One 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 battle to protect his community against the forces of change. Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush fire in the harmattan. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo

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