Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
Resources:
Brief biography of Chinua Achebe from biography.com
Chronology from Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations
Media:
PODCASTS:
"Manthia Diawara on Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'" from Think About It with Uli Baer
Close Read Podcast episodes: Part 1, Parts 2 & 3, Q&A Episode
"Episode 148 - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Bonus Episode)" from Overdue
"ReLIT: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe" from LIT Society
VIDEO:
"If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1: Crash Course Literature 208" from CrashCourse
"Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209" from CrashCourse
"Achebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After 'Things Fall Apart'" from PBS NewsHour
"Chinua Achebe Interview (1964)" from AfroMarxist
"Chinua Achebe: 1930-2013" from Brown University
Online Articles:
"The Amazing Story Behind Things Fall Apart" by David Haglund for Slate
"The Art of Conversation: Proverbs in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart" by Gerald Adewole for Republic
"A Vigorous, Quiet Revolt: Things Fall Apart At Fifty" by Howard W. French for The Nation
Critical Articles:
"Achebe's Sense of an Ending: History and Tragedy in Things Fall Apart" - Richard Begam
"Chinua Achebe's Blue Notes: Toward a Critical Recording of Things Fall Apart's Blues and Jazz Sensibility" - Christopher N. Okonkwo
"Chinua Achebe Writing Culture: Representations of Gender and Tradition in Things Fall Apart" - Kwadwo Osei-Nyame
"Culture in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart" - Diana Akers Rhoads
"Making Use of the Past in Things Fall Apart" - Oliver Lovesey
"A Mouth with Which to Tell the Story: Silence, Violence, and Speech in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart" - Joseph R. Slaughter
"The Plight of A Hero in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart" - Patrick C. Nnoromele
"Structure and Significance in Achebe's Things Fall Apart" - Emmanuel Obiechina
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