The event billed to take place on the 15 April 2018 in London will find the actress participate in the live reading of the book.
Sharing the news on Instagram the Wedding Party actress writes: “Heyyyyy Guysssss!!! So…I’m coming to London to be part of the 60th anniversary live reading of Chinua Achebe’s ThingsFallApart @southbankcentre I’ll be reading with Ben Okri and Lucian Msamati.”
Things Fall Apart is a novel written Chinua Achebe and published in 1958. The story of the book chronicles the pre-colonial life in Nigeria and the arrival of the Europeans during the late nineteenth century. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English and one of the first to receive global critical acclaim.
The novel follows the life of an Okonkwo, a local wrestling champion in the fictional Nigerian village of Umuofia. The work is split into three parts, with the first describing his family, personal history, and the customs and society of the Igbo society. The second and third sections introduce the influence of British colonialism and Christian missionaries on the Igbo community. Okonkwo would later commit suicide as he could not bear to see the culture of his people eroded following the white man’s coming.
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