It would be hard to overstate how important Things Fall Apart is for modern African literature. And yet, like many works at the root of literary traditions, its achievements are easy to overlook ...

“Things Fall Apart,” set in a traditional, folkloric Igbo village that is eventually dismantled by white missionaries, is also the unusual classic whose status has grown since its canonization.

In Washington recently, I asked him what he'd set out to do 50 years ago. CHINUA ACHEBE, Author, "Things Fall Apart": I knew that something needed to be done. JEFFREY BROWN: ...

Idris Elba is set to star in A24′s upcoming television adaptation of the acclaimed novel, Things Fall Apart, from Nigerian author Chinua Achebe– Blavity’s Shadow and Act has confirmed. Elba ...

One of the most celebrated young Nigerian writers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, says that she read “Things Fall Apart” when she was around 8 and has periodically reread it. “I find that I liked the same ...

A TV series adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” is in development at A24 with Idris Elba attached to star and ...

In an exciting development for fans of literature and film alike, Idris Elba is set to take on the lead role in A24’s upcoming television adaptation of the seminal novel Things Fall Apart ...

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston. His first novel, Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and is still the most widely-read piece of African literature.