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ChinuaAchebeisconsideredthefatherofAfricanliteratureinEnglish,thewriterwho'openedthemagiccasementsofAfricanfiction'foraninternationalreadership.Followingthe50thanniversaryofthepublicationofhisground-breaking"ThingsFallApart",EverymanrepublishAchebe'sfirstandmostfamousnovelalongside"NoLongeratEase"and"ArrowofGod",underthecollectivetitle"TheAfricanTrilogy".In"ThingsFallApart"theindividualtragedyofOkonkwo,'strongman'andtribalelderintheNigeriaofthe1890sisintertwinedwiththetransformationoftraditionalIgbosocietyundertheimpactofChristianityandcolonialism.In"NoLongeratEase",Okonkwo'sgrandson,Obi,educatedinEngland,returnstoacivil-servicejobincolonialLagos,onlytoclashwiththerulingelitetowhichhenowbelieveshebelongs.ArrowofGodissetinthe1920sandexplorestheconflictfromthetwopointsofview-often,butnotalways,opposing-ofEzuelu,anIgbopriest,andCaptainWinterbottom,aBritishdistrictofficer.Inspareandlucidprose,AchebetellsauniversaltaleofpersonalandmoralstruggleinachangingworldwhichcontinuestoresonateinAfricatodayandhascapturedtheimaginationsofreaderseverywhere.