Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe's Lament

Zina Saro-Wiwa explores the legacy of Africa's first great post-colonial novel. Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is a novel set at the turn of the century in what is now Nigeria, telling the story of a society which lives close to the rhythms and drumbeats of nature. Fifty years after its publication, the book still enjoys a huge worldwide appeal.

Chinua Achebe's lament 'Things Fall Apart' is a novel set at the turn of the century in what is now Nigeria.

It tells the story of a society which lives close to the rhythms and drumbeats of nature.

50 years after its publication the novel still has a huge worldwide appeal.

Produces: Mark Rickards & Elizabeth Idienumah

Zina Saro-Wiwa explores the legacy of Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'.

Zina Saro-Wiwa explores the legacy of Africa's first great post-colonial novel, Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'. From 2008.

Chinua Achebe's lament 'Things Fall Apart' is a novel set at the turn of the century in what is now Nigeria, telling the story of a society which lives close to the rhythms and drumbeats of nature.

Fifty years after its publication the novel still has a huge worldwide appeal.

Produced by Mark Rickards and Elizabeth Idienumah.