The African Trilogy Series by Chinua Achebe, John Milne, Kwame Anthony Appiah

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  • Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy #1)
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    Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy #1)

    Chinua Achebe

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings · published 1958

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  • No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy #2)
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    No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy #2)

    Chinua Achebe, John Milne

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1960

    The sequel to the classic, Things Fall Apart, tells of a troubled young African whose formal education separates him from his roots and makes him part of a corrupt ruling elite he despises. Reprint.

  • Arrow of God (The African Trilogy #3)
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    Arrow of God (The African Trilogy #3)

    Chinua Achebe

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1964

    Set in the Igbo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa's best-known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son.Ezeulu, the headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But his authority is increasingly under threat—from rivals within his tribe, from functionaries of the colonial government, and even from his own family members... more

  • The African Trilogy (The African Trilogy #1-3)
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    The African Trilogy (The African Trilogy #1-3)

    Chinua Achebe, Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1988

    Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy--comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease--is his magnum opus. In these masterly novels, Achebe brilliantly imagines the lives of three generations of an African community as their world is upended by the forces of colonialism from the first arrival of the British to the waning days of empire... more

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