Things that shake the Dar Al-Ahlia

Author's name: Chinua Achebe Publisher: Al-Ahliyya for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2002 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: A classic novel about Nigerian literature written by "Achebe" and in which he depicted the reality of life in Africa, and what it is subjected to of anxiety, violence, and legends, and with it the reader's imagination is transported to worlds of Africa that are disintegrating due to colonial invasion which forms the darkness that engulfed Africa, its hero "Okonkwo" the character known for his solid achievements deep in African society, and in this novel he suffers and faces what fate has written for him, but its ending will be touching, the story of this man who was killed trying and hanged himself fleeing from reality, rushing towards freedom in the other world... Things fall apart "is a testimony of the African experience written by a Nigerian" who lived the experience from the inside and tried to make his literary work part of a new vision for society and life.