things fall apart
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The History of Literature #191 – Chinua Achebe
http://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL6481062046.mp3 Chinua Achebe’s first novel Things Fall Apart (1959) ushered in a new era where African countries, which had recently achieved post-colonial independence, now achieved an independence of a different kind – the freedom of imagination and artistry, as African authors told the stories of their geography, their culture, and their experience from the point of view Continue reading
