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Things Fall Apart
This a book written by a Nigerian Author. The name of this author is Chinua Achebe. He is from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. He wrote this book in the year 1958. The book was about colonization of African countries. This author is renowned for his work almost worldwide. He received many awards all through the years, and some the awards include honorary degree from various university across the world.

The following are some of the books he wrote all through the years:


 * 1) Things Fall Apart, 1958
 * 2) No Longer at Ease, 1960
 * 3) The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories, 1962
 * 4) Arrow of God, 1964
 * 5) A Man of the People, 1966
 * 6) Chike and the River, 1966
 * 7) Beware, Soul-Brother, and Other Poems, 1971
 * 8) How the Leopard Got His Claws (with John Iroaganachi), 1972
 * 9) Girls at War, 1973
 * 10) Christmas at Biafra, and Other Poems, 1973
 * 11) Morning Yet on Creation Day, 1975
 * 12) The Flute, 1975
 * 13) The Drum, 1978
 * 14) Don't Let Him Die: An Anthology of Memorial Poems for Christofer Okigbo (editor with Dubem Okafor), 1978
 * 15) Aka Weta: An Anthology of Igbo Poetry (co-editor), 1982
 * 16) The Trouble With Nigeria, 1984
 * 17) African Short Stories, 1984
 * 18) Anthills of the Savannah, 1988
 * 19) Hopes and Impediments, 1988

Proverbs from his best seller: Things Fall Apart

- Page 21. "The lizard that jumped from the high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise

himself if no one else did." – Okonkwo, explaining his capacity for hard work before

Nwakibie, his sons and neighbors.

What is the role of honor and praise in this novel? Is this a good or bad feature of a culture?

- Page 26. "Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be

humble." - Okonkwo's arrogance in calling Osugo a "woman" at the meeting of the people