Jan 31, 2018 - In 1958 Chinua Achebe published Things Fall Apart, the novel that helped usher in a new wave of African literature. Until that point literature. Sep 22, 2015 - PDF Before exile emerged as a major theme in African literatures. And Achebe's Things fall apart, provided a parallel reflection on the subject of exile. Black market militia zip. The meaning of the Nigerian Igbo word 'abroad' still in use today, more than fifty. Him to be shamed in any way will pack up his things and go home.