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Things Fall Apart

26 minutes 50 seconds

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Introduces the world of the Igbo, whose civilization is threatened by the colonial advances of the British into their lands in Nigeria. Students will see this native world in all its logic, beauty, and problems, and then watch it begin to crack under internal and external pressure. Part of Invitation to World Literature Series.

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