Things Fall Apart: A Review
Anthology : The Research ISSN: 2456–4397 RNI No.UPBIL/2016/68067
Vol-6*
Issue-10*JANAURY-2022
Paper Id.:15593, Submission Date: 10/01/2022, Acceptance Date: 20/01/2022, Publication Date: 22/01/2022
Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe’s first novel. It is set in an African village
Umoufia. The village is full of peace and prosperity and has its own beliefs and
culture. The ‘egwugwu’ or the ancestral spirits exercise administration and judgement
over Umoufia. It is only with the arrival of the Missionaries that things start falling
apart as they gain converts from the clan. We find the gist of the novel in the words of
Obierika who says, “The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably
with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he
has won our brothers, and our clan no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the
things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
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