Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel.
1 novel by Chinua Achebe mapped on Map A Story, each with an interactive map of the book's real-world locations — including history, what's there today, and visitable landmarks.