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DarkSnowFalling t1_iyulst6 wrote

It’s actually considered to be part of a trilogy. You should read the other 2 books in the African Trilogy by Achebe as they are also phenomenal. The second book is Arrow of God. And the third is No Longer at Ease. I read the whole trilogy in college and each book is haunting in its own way.

Edit: I accidentally mixed up the order of the 2nd & 3rd book. Fixed now.

Edit 2: The African Trilogy is widely accepted as Achebe’s magnum opus on colonialism and Achebe is considered to be the father of modern African literature.

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SublimeLime1 OP t1_iyuquu6 wrote

I had no idea! I shall definitely check them out. Thanks

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TolaOdejayi t1_iyvllpg wrote

I wouldn't really include 'Arrow of God' in that trilogy. Yes, the events in AoG happen just at the beginning of the British colonization of Nigeria, which is just after the events in Things Fall Apart. But none of the characters in TFA appear in AoG.

No Longer At Ease, though, is more of a continuation of the story in TFA, jumping forward about forty years.

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