The African Trilogy

Chinua Achebe is considered by many to be the father of African literature in English, and here is Achebe’s first and most famous novel, ''Things Fall Apart'' alongside ''No Longer at Ease'' and ''Arrow of God'', under the collective title ''The African Trilogy''.

In ''Things Fall Apart'' the individual tragedy of Okonkwo, ‘strong man’ and tribal elder in the Nigeria of the 1890s is intertwined with the transformation of traditional Igbo society under the impact of Christianity and colonialism.

In ''No Longer at Ease'', Okonkwo’s grandson, Obi, educated in England, returns to a civil-service job in colonial Lagos, only to clash with the ruling elite to which he now believes he belongs.

''Arrow of God'' is set in the 1920s and explores the conflict from the two points of view - often, but not always, opposing – of Ezuelu, an Igbo priest, and Captain Winterbottom, a British district officer.

In spare and lucid prose, Achebe tells a universal tale of personal and moral struggle in a changing world which continues to resonate in Africa today and has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere.