Chinua Achebe Reads from Things Fall Apart - PEN America

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Somuchdollahbill

Somuchdollahbill

11 жыл бұрын

full interview can be viewed from this link:
• An Evening with Chinua...
In Africa, we celebrate death just as we celebrate birth, especially when a good man dies, for we know that death is a continuation of life eternal.

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@fridayrwamahe1309
@fridayrwamahe1309 11 жыл бұрын
you are not dead! your ideas will live millions and and millions of years on this planet earth.
@paulsunday2656
@paulsunday2656 8 жыл бұрын
I love you Sir even in death, may your soul rest in peace.
@KhorshedAlammd
@KhorshedAlammd 9 жыл бұрын
things fall apart is so nice novel which is introduce us with the law and the history of African social life. I m also read many novel but Chinua Achebe is so nice novel in my eyes , I think god give him extra witty for write this novel .
@aidahabdghani3173
@aidahabdghani3173 5 жыл бұрын
RIP Chinua Achebe.Excellent contribution to the world.I'm still using your text (Things Fall Apart) in my classroom.
@4evanigachukwu676
@4evanigachukwu676 4 жыл бұрын
A great writer. Our African Shakespeare. Your book will ever be read. RIP sir
@weirialbaluang8097
@weirialbaluang8097 5 жыл бұрын
Africa loves you, Chinua Achebe
@zleverton
@zleverton 11 жыл бұрын
Absolutely perfect. A thoughtful and erudite soul.
@michaeloriala3873
@michaeloriala3873 4 жыл бұрын
Very solemn passage indeed. Classic book. Igbo, a great tribe!
@generalnwankwo8689
@generalnwankwo8689 5 жыл бұрын
Susan Brown the Supreme court and Achebe the lower court, he was not just a writer per excellence but HUMBLE.
@samueljonjo6391
@samueljonjo6391 11 жыл бұрын
I have read Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and many other writers: European, American and other African writers. But in my mind after the Bible and Shakespeare, Chinua Achebe's two novels 'THINGS FALL APART' and 'NO LONGER AT EASE' rank foremost. That is, assuming we evaluate arts for arts sake from a general universal human perspective. Otherwise as Africans writing the African narrative, and not some jaundiced version of the African experience, Chinua Achebe for me comes tops. GOD bless & RIP.
@sabadabdiodowa8539
@sabadabdiodowa8539 5 жыл бұрын
Bible, you miss the plot brother. It is all about the invasion of the African culture.
@royalty15able
@royalty15able 4 жыл бұрын
Sabad Abdi odowa yes precisely the point
@patienceokwonna2133
@patienceokwonna2133 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome novel. We missed you sir. Continue to Rest In Peace.
@ericpavlat5121
@ericpavlat5121 5 жыл бұрын
For those interested, the excerpt he reads is the second half of Ch. 14.
@deborahpenney5138
@deborahpenney5138 3 жыл бұрын
This is from chapter 14 of Things Fall Apart if you wanted to read along! Love hearing his voice.
@queenwifemomdaughter2970
@queenwifemomdaughter2970 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting! This sounds so much better in his voice than mine!!
@paballomaureenmalimabe1670
@paballomaureenmalimabe1670 4 жыл бұрын
Read the novel in high school..... My first encounter with African literature, Great mind, Great read! As a South African decent it gave me a broader spectrum of African people, I could relate and was eager to learn more about Nigerian clans.
@NonsoOkoye-pe4rf
@NonsoOkoye-pe4rf 14 күн бұрын
Its not Nigerian clan rather IGBO tribe ..
@mexy230
@mexy230 11 жыл бұрын
May the soul of the mighty pen extraordinaire of African literature rest in peace!
@ikappiah976
@ikappiah976 5 жыл бұрын
Greatest African novelist. Prof. Achebe.
@grahamturner1290
@grahamturner1290 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing coincidence: I was jusr rereading this exact passage from the novel. Wonderful.
@diodoro73
@diodoro73 11 жыл бұрын
RIP. Professor Achebe
@libraryhsswatoto-en3bk
@libraryhsswatoto-en3bk Жыл бұрын
As learners of literature in Hope Senior School,we have understood the book well because of that audio you have for the literature students in the world.Thank you very much for your help.Namuyomba Perina,S.4 in Uganda Mpigi.
@maziochendu5258
@maziochendu5258 Жыл бұрын
Nnayi Chinua Achebe reads his own book beautifully. I remember reading some of his other books "No longer at ease" , "Anthills of the Savannah" , "There was a country" Excellent writer and story teller.
@jeniferkpundeh8679
@jeniferkpundeh8679 5 жыл бұрын
RIP Sir. I love your novel. Things fall apart!!! @ jss 3
@happyngulube1871
@happyngulube1871 4 жыл бұрын
Truly one of the greatest! 😊
@clintonokore8264
@clintonokore8264 4 жыл бұрын
African Shakespeare, we will forever celebrate you
@donatusobi4612
@donatusobi4612 Жыл бұрын
Listen to his voice as he reads you see literature, what a literary Legend he was.
@helengood916
@helengood916 5 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace.You live forever in our hearts.
@onwegideonifeanyi163
@onwegideonifeanyi163 2 жыл бұрын
Your legacies are evergreen A true son of the Igbos, We are proud of you.
@gabrielmgbemena8490
@gabrielmgbemena8490 4 жыл бұрын
Soul is eternal. You are soul, therefore you live eternally. May you do what you know best how to do in the higher realms of existence.
@johnndiyo9131
@johnndiyo9131 5 жыл бұрын
Sir achebe..........we all love you
@chriswangombe8819
@chriswangombe8819 5 жыл бұрын
Nneka, Mother is supreme.
@pascalhenry8677
@pascalhenry8677 5 жыл бұрын
Igbo's are great tribe!!!
@ifeoma_amaechi
@ifeoma_amaechi Жыл бұрын
History.
@himachalwaliswagger790
@himachalwaliswagger790 3 жыл бұрын
My fav novel now - Things fall apart
@christopherchidubem5240
@christopherchidubem5240 26 күн бұрын
I have read the book again.
@sandrataderera4487
@sandrataderera4487 3 жыл бұрын
Salute👏
@slajaa
@slajaa 11 жыл бұрын
MAy u rest in perfect peace big brother and father...Ina Jah rastafari
@ojagetabelifestyle4010
@ojagetabelifestyle4010 3 жыл бұрын
Waoh
@oscarokoronkwo2277
@oscarokoronkwo2277 2 жыл бұрын
rip nna anyi
@denisgitonga4111
@denisgitonga4111 Жыл бұрын
I can I access this book online,, anyone with a link
@somuchdollah
@somuchdollah Жыл бұрын
www.pdfdrive.com/things-fall-apart-chinua-achebe-books.html
@ckwheelsck2852
@ckwheelsck2852 3 жыл бұрын
For whom is it well? There's no one
@Marronnages
@Marronnages 10 жыл бұрын
Tout commence dans un monde régi par ses lois propres, ses rites, ses coutumes. Un monde où l'équilibre du clan repose sur le respect des codes ancestraux sous peine de lourds châtiments. Okonkwo incarne ce monde. Inflexible, il s'élèvera dans la société Ibo d'Umuofia (Sud-Est du Nigeria) par la force de ses mains, essuyant l'affront d'un père paresseux et indigne. « Possédé » par l'échec du père humiliant, il s'est construit sur cette base : se surpasser pour ne pas lui ressembler. Parti de rien, il deviendra un riche fermier à la tête de trois épouses et de huit enfants, jouissant d'une renommée puissante. Mais lui en tant que père, parviendra-t-il à faire respecter la transmission de ces lois invariables ? Sont-elles toutes justes, aux yeux de son fils aîné Nwoye ? Ne sera-t-il pas victime de ses ambitions démesurées ? Cet homme qui s'est battu pour se faire une place au sein de son clan va cependant devoir traverser à nouveau de rudes épreuves, comme son déclassement et son exil dus à un incident tragique. Mais il reviendra lavé de sa faute et ayant à nouveau gravi les échelons. (Lire la suite sur www.marronnages.com/?p=1658)
@israeljekwu465
@israeljekwu465 3 жыл бұрын
Hello nice to meet you here ☺️
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