OVER A CENTURY AFTER ACHEBE’S OKONKWO, ANOTHER IS HERE WITH US

By Tai Emeka Obasi One of my greatest sources of pride as an Igbo man is having come from same tribe with Chinua Achebe. And God blessed me further with coming from same state with this literary iroko. Imagine what people from Ogidi, his community, had but seemingly didn’t and evidently don’t appropriately appreciate. This is a matter for another write-up. His novel, Things Fall Apart , is known by any literate or even semi-literate African and beyond. That great work of creative art mainly draws its flowing appeal from…

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