Chinua Achebe’s Trilogy, ”Things Fall Apart”, ”No Longer at Ease” and ”Arrow of God” to be Adapted for Television
The Achebe family is excited to team up with Dayo Ogunyemi of 234 Media, Joe Seldner of Seldner Media and others to bring Chinua Achebe’s African Trilogy, Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God to a more global audience via a different medium – television.
In a statement, Christie Achebe, Chinua Achebe’s wife, said
”We believe this moment makes the message of my husband’s work urgent, especially for Millennials and Generation Z who are challenging systemic racism and driving the new civil rights movement. Chinua Achebe’s recognition and centring of these issues from an African perspective make his stories more vital than ever.”
”A television series combines the visual appeal of a film with the ability to tell stories overextended programming. This makes it possible to faithfully present the African Trilogy’s epic, multi-generational sweep on-screen to global audiences for the first time. The series will portray decades of wrenching societal change – from the end of the 19th century in Things Fall Apart, through the emerging 20th century in Arrow of God and the mid-20th century pre-independence period in No Longer at Ease.”
Things Fall Apart is the debut novel by the late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. The novel depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of Nigeria and the arrival of Europeans during the late 19th century. Things Fall Apart follows the life of Okonkwo, an Igbo man and local wrestling champion in Umuofia. The novel was followed by a sequel, ”No Longer at Ease” (1960), originally written as the second part of a larger work along with ”Arrow of God” (1964).
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In 1958, Things Fall Apart established African literature on the world stage. More than 60 years later, it remains the most widely read novel on the African continent. The novel has sold over 20 million copies in English alone and has been translated into more than 60 languages.
Things Fall Apart was named one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by Time Magazine and as one of the 12 novels considered the greatest books ever written by Encyclopedia Britannica.