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Years before I read the novel, I actually saw his "Things Fall Apart" performed as a play when I was a kid living in Lagos in the early 90s. The novel itself m
by stephenhuey 12y ago
Years before I read the novel, I actually saw his "Things Fall Apart" performed as a play when I was a kid living in Lagos in the early 90s. The novel itself may not be the best fiction ever written by an African author, but it's the most widely known novel to come out of Africa and does a great job of highlighting the harsh transition to colonialism.
- okal 12y ago"most widely known novel to come out of Africa" [Citation needed]
- zo1 12y agoWell, it is the only one I know of off the top of my head. And I've lived in Africa for close to two decades. Granted, I'm not big into literature, so that may have something to do with it as well. Though I do view it as some sort of "cut-off" filter, anyways.
- okal 12y ago"Known by whom?", is what I should have asked. The claim makes assumptions about its audience that simply have no way of being substantiated.
- arandomafrican 12y agoI can't think of any other likely candidate for that "title". And I'm into litterature. And I'm Francophone (which makes me more likely to consider non-anglophone litterature).