Celebrated Nigerian author and feminist icon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is set to headline the inaugural edition of the Things Fall Apart Festival in Enugu from June 29 to July 5, 2025. The event ...

much like the friction in Things Fall Apart when societal norms are challenged by new ideologies. Okonkwo’s tragic flaw—his inflexible nature and obsession with power—leads to his personal ...

Released in 1987 as a TV series, ‘Things Fall Apart’ featured Edochie in the iconic role of Okonkwo, a complex character driven by fear and an intense desire to avoid his father’s perceived ...

For those who have read Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is a fiercely ambitious and traditional Igbo warrior, known for his strength, bravery, and deep fear of weakness. However, rather than uniting ...

Things Fall Apart (1958) has been called “the finest ... people in Nigeria by British colonial administrators and follows the life of Okonkwo, an Igbo leader and wrestling champion.

New To Radio 4 Extra. A neighbouring clan commits an offence against Umuofia - to avoid war, the offending clan gives Umuofia a young boy, Ikemefuna who is entrusted to Okonkwo. Okezie Morro stars ...

"I don't see anything wrong with Idris Elba playing Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart," the woman stated. "Idris is a Black person. His father is from Sierra Leone. He is African, even if he has lived ...

A few weeks ago, Elba announced his movie, an adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, in which he will play the lead character, Okonkwo. Nigerians took to their various social media ...

Seasoned actor Bob-Manuel Udokwu has weighed in on Idris Elba’s potential casting as Okonkwo in the upcoming TV adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel “Things Fall Apart”. In an ...

Nollywood veteran, Bob-Manuel Udokwu has reacted to the report that Hollywood actor, Idris Elba will star as the lead character, “Okonkwo” in a television adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s ...

while Pete Edochie as the old Okonkwo,” a user asked. Meanwhile, others lauded the move and expressed how they had been eagerly waiting for such a screen adaption of Things Fall Apart.

The official description of “Things Fall Apart” states it is the “story of Okonkwo (Elba), one of literature’s most iconic characters—a fearless African warrior and leader who is ...