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Things Fall Apart, 1958 - Information about the Book

The title is taken from William Butler Yeats' poem The Second Coming
Main Characters
List of characters with correct pronunciation
Character Analyses: Okonkwo, Unoka, Obierika, Mr. Brown, Reverend James Smith
Historical Context
Background Information
Conflict
Themes
Glossary
Did You Know?
Since 1958, Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" set a standard of artistic excellence, and more by Douglas Killam
Anglicanism in Things Fall Apart by Stephen Froehlich, University of Texas
Reading As A Woman: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart And Feminist Criticism by Linda Strong-Leek, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
What "things" fall apart in the novel? by Richard Nordquist, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA.
The Notion of Balance in Things Fall Apart
Okonkwo and the Storyteller: Death, Accident, and Meaning in Achebe and Benjamin; by Jonathan Greenberg, Montclair State University (pdf 29 pages)

"An Evening with Chinua Achebe" with the author reading from Things Fall Apart. Library of Congress; 2008

Author Chinua Achebe answers questions. BBC; June 2006
Analysis of a Paragraph from Chapter 2 by Grover Furr, Montclair State University, 1999 (Real 10:34 - lots of background noise)
An NPR meeting: Ray Suarez and Abiola Irele, Professor of African, French and Comparative Literature, Ohio State University, discuss Things Fall Apart: NPR, May 30, 1996 (Real 53:00)
Author Chinua Achebe discusses his novel and reads from the beginning. BBC World Service (Real 26:27)

Social Darwinism in Things Fall Apart

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