Crash Course Literature - Season 2 Episode 8 If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1
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.
Year: 2018
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: YouTube
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Cast: John Green
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First Air Date: Nov 15, 2012
Last Air date: Feb 13, 2018
Season: 4 Season
Episode: 45 Episode
Runtime: 12 minutes
IMDb: 2.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 5.627
Language: English
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