Chinua Achebe

"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209.

In which John Green concludes teaching you about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about the historical contexts of Things Fall Apart, including 19th century colonization and 20th century decolonization. We're going to learn a little bit about Achebe's childhood between two cultures, cover Okonkwo's sad, sad end, and even learn a little about The Babysitters Club.

"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe, Part I: Crash Course Literature 208.

In which John Green teaches you about Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about Igboland, a region in modern day Nigeria, prior to the arrival of the British Empire. Achebe tells the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo villager who has worked his way up from life as a sharecropped and become a respected leader in his community. Okonkwo has a tragic fall, and is exiled. And then the trouble starts. British missionaries arrive, and change everything. Things Fall Apart has a lot to say about colonization, and even something to say about decolonization.

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Giacomo Thillet Presents: Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"

Video 1 Chinua Achebe Speaks@ The Christopher Okigbo International Conference Harvard University

Chinua Achebe, Pt.1/3

Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum