Crash Course Literature Literature 2 Episode 8 If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1 2014
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In which John Green teaches you about Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about Igboland, a region in modern-day Nigeria, prior to the arrival of the British Empire. Achebe tells the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo villager who has worked his way up from life as a sharecropped and become a respected leader in his community. Okonkwo has a tragic fall and is exiled. And then the trouble starts. British missionaries arrive and change everything. Things Fall Apart has a lot to say about colonization and even something to say about decolonization.
- Released: 2014-04-17
- Runtime: 12 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: John Green
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