On June 17th, 1958 Chinua Achebe published “Things Fall Apart.”
The debut novel that shot him to fame. The most widely read African novel.

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• The novel was translated into 61 different languages.
• Over 30 million copies were sold.
• In 2018, Encyclopaedia Britannica named it as one of the 12 greatest books ever.
• “Things Fall Apart” novel was published in the UK by William Heinemann Ltd.
• It depicts pre-colonial life in Igbo land and the arrival of Europeans during the late 19th century.