Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Full Version | Audio book

[@Fancyread]

Jump right to the appropriate chapter using the following timestamps: Part 1 Ch. 1: 0:00:27 Ch. 2: 0:13:12 Ch. 3: 0:26:49 Ch. 4: 0:47:04 Ch. 5: 1:07:20 Ch. 6: 1:26:00 Ch. 7: 1:35:49 Ch. 8: 1:57:35 Ch. 9: 2:20:34 Ch. 10: 2:44:48 Ch. 11: 2:59:54 Ch. 12: 3:31:08 Ch. 13: 3:49:22 Part 2 Ch. 14: 4:02:08 Ch. 15: 4:16:06 Ch. 16: 4:29:41 Ch. 17: 4:39:34 Ch. 18: 4:52:16 Ch. 19: 5:07:14 Part 3 Ch. 20: 5:19:01 Ch. 21: 5:31:59 Ch. 22: 5:42:31 Ch. 23: 5:58:07 Ch. 24: 6:08:44 Ch. 25: 6:24:02

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dalu (thank you)

[@mochi4351]

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[@alexp1865]

THANKS

[@elliegifford8089]

LIFESAVER 🤩

[@drakes.3951]

who else had to read dis for school ?

[@demarcusbarnes1398]

That’s what I’m doing rn🖕🏾

[@archiekhan750]

Me!

[@princemafia5550]

Bro do i know you from Legacy High?

[@EliteGamerRanger]

I am right now for English 2 Hours

[@MeepBeepBeep]

Rn lol

[@K110sk]

Currently putting this in x2 speed and reading the whole book in one night as I have a test on this tomorrow morning.

[@citrine4501]

damn

[@haileypierson9977]

same but an essay for me XD

[@samlovestaylorswift]

oh fun same!

[@minmax5]

How did that end up going for you? Do decent on the test? : )

[@bobikeda3892]

Howd it go

[@obakeng1140]

It's sad to see so many people listen to this because of school. I wish the education system did not ruin literary experiences for so many, to the point where works of art such as this are viewed as chores

[@karenyates642]

You MUST be joking. No student would OPT to read this unless it was assigned. This story has great themes. Students learn a great deal through this experience. The issue is that students DO NOT want to actually READ the story. If they would take the time and READ the story, they would increase their comprehension, vocabulary and understanding of the author’s perspective.

[@WeirdoFries]

For real 😕

[@_Ghost-Lee_]

In my english class we get to pick what book we want to read each quarter the only rule is each quarter is a different geographical location and i Actually picked this book for my Africa location. So i’m reading this because i want to i could’ve picked a million other books so 🤷

[@subodeibaghatur4300]

That's generally personal inclination. I read this for this school and I loved it even then. Many people get to learn about books like these precisely through school assignments.

[@teagybubbles2923]

Lmao it’s not that deep. Some of us don’t like reading 🤣🤣

[@MellonAM]

I've had 2 months to read it, the test was weeks ago, the semester ends this week, this video has come in clutch

[@declancollins5082]

I don’t like to read and this just saved my life. ( I like destroy lonely). I was forced to read this book for class.

[@imjamesfr]

i feel u bruh

[@user-hg3nm4qd5h]

> ken Carson

[@whitmanbuechner2238]

yeat better🤭

[@flakko.24]

fellow opium fans how are yall

[@Leekeey]

on bro

[@coulsonkunz3579]

Here I go listening to this in the morning before my test on the book this afternoon. I’ve had all semester to read it and I haven’t even opened the book 😂

[@Fancyread]

😂😂

[@MellonAM]

I've had 2 months to read it, the test was weeks ago, the semester ends this week, this video has come in clutch

[@hadiyahsham4168]

Same

[@will0_p]

Y’all are cooked 😭

[@hosai896]

Guys I had less than 3 weeks to read it and I finished in a week it was such a sad book 😭

[@bobbycisek5534]

Bro 6 hours I am not finishing this book tonight 💀

[@angelaleaa480]

Put that jawn in 2x speed whaa

[@808_bunni2]

nah fr.. i shouldve read it when i was supposed 2😭

[@drizzybaby5544]

That really turned me off 😭😭

[@brookem1422]

@@angelaleaa480 THATS WHAT I DID LMAO

[@asquirrel2320]

Felt, I should have just read like I was supposed to... but yolo

[@CasandCrow-n2d]

This is a life saver! I have to be on chapter fifteen before tomorrow morning for a test in my honors class when I should have read over break lol. I must say this is one of the ONLY books I’ve enjoyed reading in school other than The Outsiders which was back in middle school.

[@FallenSkater1940]

As a person with native American ancestry, I can see many parallels between these events of colonization. It's a great shame how much of our history has been lost due to conquest.

[@sdfjsd]

The same exact thing happened to India.

[@omggiiirl2077]

Yeah i'm of both Igbo and indigenous American ancestry of Muscogee creek afiliation and i've noticed it as well. Learning about Odinani encouraged me to drop christianity and adopt igbo religion. There are many parallels. Theres also a lot of parallels with Korean and Hawaiian indigenous beliefs, yeah i'm mixed with those too. It makes me crazy😂😂😂😂

[@nihilex5838]

Then you have missed the whole point. :) 'History' exists only in societies that have attained the historical perception of things, which has a number of minimal pre-requisites that would normally include developed urban culture and a lasting tradition of producing, keeping and repdoruding texts. Neither of which is the case for rural agricultural communities or societies of hunter-gatherers. The very concept of 'history' is alien to such people (as oral tradition with myths and concepts of eternal cyclical changes prevail there). "Colonizers bad" kneejerk reactions prevent "modern audience" from seeing the irony that colonization was the very thing that enabled huge masses of people to rationally reflect upon being subject to it, along with a range of many other things, thanks to the spread of literacy and classical European education and knowledge. Do we need to tell how literacy rates changed before and after the colonization? The author of the book was a son of a teacher (!) and a missionary (!) and went to a public Christian school. Now try to honestly answer to yourself if this book could exist (and, hence, if you could read it and learn about the local culture and society) but for these very colonial aspects of the author's background :) So did "colonization" truly 'lost' the history or manifested it eventually?

[@nihilex5838]

@@sdfjsd dude, most of the world would not know a thing about Indian history and culture but for Brits who did massive research on those in XVIII and XIX centuries, basically inventing the whole concept of "India" as we know it, putting a bunch of assorted religious and philosophical systems, and historical episodes into a single system. :) Also having translated tons of original texts into European languages so they would be incorporated into a broader cultural context. (like Schopenhauer philosophy inspired by Buddhism)

[@spectacularkidshow770]

I had to read this book for school, but this audiobook is great the narrator does a really good job :)

[@tinyawaru5031]

The proverbs in the book are all so beautifully enriching. Truly enlightening our rich and beautiful African heritage.

[@noelfakude7081]

I taught this novel in my first year as a teacher in a neighbouring country to my own- South Africa. Dincf. Ironically my students knew about the author and this book. Since then I have taught this book six times during my forty years of teaching.

[@wycliffepoet5201]

Greatest book to have ever been written. I am here over ans over again because I love the book. Not because of shitty tests and exams

[@jameskowanko7574]

25:40 - Okonkwo is rude to his wife. I couldn't buy a physical copy at the college campus book store, so I'm saving the quotes here for the paper I have to write for my African history class

[@horatiomiller7386]

Dude beats his wife Fuck Okonkwo

[@Gaurav_Rathi]

This book is fiction. It even states on the book's cover. I don't understand why they are teaching this to you in History class. Also, college?!?!!, college??!!. We are doing this in 8th grade for English (Analytical Writing).

[@jameskowanko7574]

@@Gaurav_Rathi The way my professor explained it, he wanted us to have a personal connection and understanding of what the events we were learning about were like for everyday people. I also had to read another Chinua Achebe novel ‘a man of the people’

[@farajbeden7786]

I thought you would be concerned about the ill-fated boy Ikemefuna. I struggle to read that part! How far such stories remind me of the cruelty of life back then, especially to the unfortunate ones among them. Can you imagine that these horrible things did happen in real life too? I can't be grateful enough to be living in the 21st century!

[@mostlyoldschool]

I first read it for the literature class more than 20 years ago, I have now listened to the audiobook and I must say my perspective has a whole new deeper understanding

[@LightlyShididPotato]

Thank God for 2x speed or I would be screwed

[@vsptutsbymoonie]

fr

[@astroherelol]

I have an exam on this book tomorrow tho 😭

[@LanceRulau]

Peter Francis James is such a strong narrator. I've listened to him narrate Richard Wright, and he does great justice for Achebe. Thank you for the upload. Cheers!

[@LaGERISUNDERWOODBELL]

Thank you so much for identifying the voice talent!

[@Andrea-fnts]

CHAPTER 1 - 0:30 CHAPTER 2 - 13:09 CHAPTER 3 - 26:49 CHAPTER 4 - 47:04 CHAPTER 5 - 1:07:18 CHAPTER 6 - 1:25:59 CHAPTER 7 - 1:35:46 CHAPTER 8 - 1:57:36 CHAPTER 9 - 2:20:32 CHAPTER 10 - 2:44:47 CHAPTER 11 - 2:59:53 CHAPTER 12 - 3:31:07 CHAPTER 13 - 3:49:24 CHAPTER 14 - 4:02:14 CHAPTER 15 - 4:16:05 CHAPTER 16 - 4:29:41 CHAPTER 17 - 4:39:32 CHAPTER 18 - 4:52:17 CHAPTER 19 - 5:07:12 CHAPTER 20 - 5:18:59 CHAPTER 21 - 5:31:59 CHAPTER 22 - 5:42:30 CHAPTER 23 - 5:58:05 CHAPTER 24 - 6:08:43 CHAPTER 25 - 6:24:01

[@garrettbono1224]

You are a better person for this

[@KylaShantai]

Thank you !

[@georgekabwela8437]

I read this book in 1973. Was used in secondary schools in Zambia mainly in literature. Formed part of deeply understanding issues conveyed in our second language english.

[@TGMLM6002Studios]

This is gonna save my life cause I gotta read this for school and I suck at reading

[@karioton]

why are you verified

[@duaxxel]

My business teacher gave me this book and asked me to read it, so im immersive reading while listening to the audiobook

[@NatalleeK]

Really wish something actually happened in the first three quarters of the book

[@judgegrinch1139]

Did you even read the book or what? The first three quarters is the better parts in my opinion it shows all the flaws and positives of the characters and the village, you have to have that to understand how it falls apart

[@Bandit.fortnite]

@@judgegrinch1139🤓

[@wycliffepoet5201]

Write your own book

[@appleseed06]

This definitely helped me out a lot. Thanks for uploading this audio book.

[@alicehanna4118]

just saved me for my english exam thankyou!

[@subhorouth8844]

Thank you so much for putting it here.

[@Guardie-M]

This is one of the most loved Nigeria book in Zimbabwe it was a must to read

[@shortstackgame]

makes sense

[@charlieb1834]

Thank you for the great audiobook!

[@sypherdragon6134]

The best part is at 6:30:40

[@nathvaelll]

Ong

[@princemafia5550]

Bro what? You lack a passion for reading. My guess is that you got a phone at the age of 10 or younger. Hehe i got a phone at the age of fifteen, so i had five more years to develop my love of reading. Honestly, technology ruins the fun of patient and classic enterprises like reading

[@lyrablack8621]

@@princemafia5550 Disagree, i think i got my phone at 12-13, and technology enhances it! Instead of scrolling on tiktok etc i can reread _The Last Unicorn_ on the internet archive over and over again ☺️. And i love audiobooks, sometimes i have trouble paying attention; but i reread _Sula_ by Toni Morrison over and over without an audiobook (I've got the physical book too but i love quoting things, and i can just screenshot it from my phone) Edit: formatting

[@indieoregano]

@@princemafia5550 that's a lot of assumptions made about someone you don't know anything about. I love reading, but this book is full of sexism and abuse, so I personally don't enjoy it. Check yourself.

[@shutup2094]

@@princemafia5550 you’re probably just angry that you didn’t get a phone earlier L

[@KingSlimjeezy]

to all you test kiddies have it known I am here because I like this book

[@alykas1512]

Thank you so much! This recording helped me so much.

[@Leeasiimwe]

Bravo 👏 for sure things fall apart in the blink of an eye 👀

[@Tomie.shop8]

I'm going to loop it and put it on 2x while I sleep 😊

[@MeepBeepBeep]

How did almost every single character manage to annoy me. Some of them were literally fighting each other but I was still against both sides.

[@TheJayTex]

That’s the point. It’s supposed to illustrate the problems in both cultures and that both were not perfect by any means

[@swagatachatterjee3489]

11:11 The sun shines on those who stand before those who kneel under it. 12:38 If a Child washes his hands he could eat with kings. 15:20 When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk. 34:18 A man who pays respect to the great paves the way to his own greatness.

[@triaachafia1657]

Thank you U saved my life

[@dominickforbus-sg1jl]

im behind on like 4 assignments, this is coming in cluch rn

[@nwadi6408]

One of the greatest novels ever.

[@ink2653]

"why should a man suffer so aggregiously for a crime he commited inadvertently?", ch 13 4:13:37 "there is something omi ous behind yhr silence" after uchendu says 'never kill anything thatbsays nothing 5:30:23

[@mosestekper7659]

Nothing can replace having a hard book in your hands.

[@Bandit.fortnite]

🤓

[@Mossyifer]

i’m three chapters behind with a assignment on them next class, let’s hope i can do this and my work for my current class

[@Dan13Speed]

Fantastic!!

[@meseeks7188]

Who’s reading this for school

[@NobleAllmond]

Me bro

[@HydroPlaza]

School is hell

[@PlatypusTheorist]

man its crazy that im not alone, pretty comforting too tho

[@meghannachtiean3830]

Yeah unfortunately, bro I'm listening to this the day of my test, I did not read this book bro

[@SusanWanjugu-v9h]

Here I am

[@terencelawrence6180]

thank your very much for this

[@heatherdavis2657]

4:10:29 Uchendu's rebuke to Okonkwo "Mother is Supreme"

[@jackpotster45]

lmao read this by accident right as that was happening

[@rachelprout]

As a white person I found the book interesting. The explanations of tribal life were enlightening, and even though I found some of the customs hard to listen to iam not convinced that the arrival of Christianity and white man's colonisation and so called civilization made things better.

[@emmanuelchux9242]

Actually it didn't. There was no prison. Communal living.

[@meeraow1286]

4:38:46 something felt in the marrow (to nuoye) 4:39:12 hymn poured into his parched soul

[@meeraow1286]

4:20:56 the white man arrives to the clan Albino He sipped his wine And he was riding an iron horse The elders consulted their oracle Break their clan and spread destruction among them The oracle said Other white men where on their way Locusts

[@zandergarrity5946]

Test fail bouta go crazy

[@slimjimmy5159]

Frfr

[@FictionHubZA]

😮 Am I the only one who is here to read for fun?

[@emmyb4743]

the ending of this book is shocking and painful

[@PittGrad2017]

I had a copy and lost it moving! 😭

[@minmax5]

Beautiful and devastating.

[@kazuyolangston]

i had to put is on 1.75x speed bc they read slow

[@bafanashabangu9725]

I feel sad after listening, why did they even come here 😒

[@Free-SpokenMedia]

Africa is much better off now. Before Europeans arrived, it was far more primitive and superstitious, with human sacrifices, slavery, and disease running rampant.

[@subhorouth8844]

That is what their religion (Christianity) taught them to do.

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[@HawaAthman-pd9gr]

Does anyone ever put titles on every chapter of this story?

[@colleen9493]

Why are half the comments timestamps

[@shawnhurst5890]

People are saving their spots in their book

[@colleen9493]

@@shawnhurst5890 ohh okay

[@maddymo.1]

listening to this while we take the test wish me luck

[@meeraow1286]

4:23:13 three white men came to the clan 4:23:50 three white men and followers surrounded the market Began to shoot Except those whose chi were wide awake A great evil had come upon their land 4:24:47 4:25:06 the story mother kite / duckling 4:26:27 white men / powerful guns 4:26:45 the world has no end We have albinos among us

[@mizu0340]

i watching this to fall asleep on the bus

[@testsubjection]

3:46:00 I love audiobooks

[@Sbu1886]

I read is book 1999 at school

[@thehappylife3162]

NAME A WORSE BOOK. I will wait, this book is by far the worst we've been forced to read at school Thank god for the audiobook and x 2.50 speed

[@Artobriga02]

One, No One and One Hundred Thousand - Pirandello and The Kreutzer Sonata - Tolstoj come to mind immediately. This is actually a very interesting book imo. It's an interesting description of a colture that has been partially wiped by European colonizers. The main character is not good and the colture is distant from ours, but that's the cool part. But I also get why many don't like it. The main character is quite unlikable and, for the most part, it's just the description of a colture with some plot in between.

[@charlesgore5827]

Mmmm, an interesting insight into the forced relationship between the British and the African. What is it about the European why he could not leave the African to his own devices ?

[@Cadesworth]

Because they wanted to expand for the same of colonization

[@judgegrinch1139]

Because there are resources to steal it’s the story of humanity

[@joebanson148]

Superbly strong.... Forever!

[@A_Bluemoon]

2:44:48 bookmark: August 30th

[@heatherdavis2657]

3:18:35 "There were no stars in the sky..." (Ch 11 p 104)

[@heatherdavis2657]

3:20:25 "The priestess' voice..." (Ch 11 p 104)

[@tupacshakur2168]

DAMN YOU MS GRINSELL

[@ordinary..1]

Better to upload book lines

[@meeraow1286]

4:30:12 strange faith wouldn’t last Afulafu worthless, empty man The excrement of the clan 4:31:06 nwoye among the missionaries

[@JieunKim-c9n]

1. improvident : 즉흥적인 recline : ~에 기대다 lad : 소년 (Okonkwo, his father Unoka, Ikemefuna whom Okonkwo had to take care of) 2. amiss : 어긋난, 잘못된 discern : 분별하다 imperious emissary : 권위있는 사절 (Ikemefuna from Mbaino came to Okonkwo, Okonkwo had bad temper, his son Nwoye) 3. consult : 찾다 oracle : 신탁 (after Unoka's death, Okonkwo went to Nwakibie to get seed yams, severe sharecropping years)

[@Sleepypeaxh]

i have a test on this at like 8 am it’s 6:11 rn and i have to listen to chapter 8 i’m on chapter 4 i hope i make it LMFAOOOO

[@duncan7226]

English gcses tmr and I still haven't read the book

[@windaygo9450]

Tell me your results when you get them 💀🙏

[@teddyholthaus7618]

Personal Bookmark - 00:39:00

[@Feelsonwheels04]

6:06:53 skip back for full quote

[@heatherdavis2657]

1:53:13 the song

[@hold_me_close]

what a great tragedy

[@shortstackgame]

welcome to africa

[@shareeesegraham546]

Chapter 3 26:51

[@sdfjsd]

My school is very dumb. We did not read this book in my AP English Language class or my English 2 class. We did, however, read Siddhartha, which was the cringiest book I have ever read. To me, reading Siddhartha felt sticking my head in a basket full of dirty toenails. It was too hippie-ish. I am surprised that my school decided to read Siddhartha instead of this book because the Siddhartha book does not accurately describe Hindu philosophy. To many Hindus, the Siddhartha book is a joke.

[@sdfjsd]

Siddhartha is a shallow book full of… hippie nonsense. There’s no depth in that book. So, my dumb school, why don’t you choose a better classic, such as Things Fall Apart, instead of Siddartha! Siddartha should not even be a classic because it is full of stereotypes. A Skinny Sanama? Then you ridicule Buddha’s teachings? Show some respect.

[@AnnaAkatsa]

very usefu

[@btarg1]

This narration is painfully slow and poor quality. I really recommend playing on 1.25x speed!

[@meeraow1286]

6:06:18 full moon The voice of children was not heard , no moon play Umuofia : startled animal sniffing the silent ominous air

[@bora5980]

I’ve been laughing my ass off while reading the comments. Good luck guys

[@meeraow1286]

4:33:14 all sons of god New god, creator of all men and women He told them the true god lived on high 4:35:44 gods of deceit who tell you to kill your fellows

[@lenny_skywalker]

Bookmark 1:38:29

[@lukwagonicholas1305]

Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad day light...

[@alhajijawara340]

The story is dramatically ironic

[@meeraow1286]

5:42:50 he saw things as black and white And black was evil Sons of darkness

[@LansanaSillah-lz9fw]

I read it 1983

[@meeraow1286]

4:50:54 flaming fire

[@heatherdavis2657]

3:26:08 "At last they turned..." (Ch 11 p 107)

[@meeraow1286]

5:45:06 as a man danced so the drums were Beating for him Mr smith danced

[@Ind1go_Cloud]

Yo why is my college level history class making me read a fictional story???? The research paper prompt doesnt event fit its intentionally made to force this work into what would otherwise use non fiction sources exclusively? Like who cites a fictional story when discussing history that makes no sense.

[@ilyassbouioitlan]

I am sorry but you really have to get out this anger out of you, finish your research project, and then reread this or listen to understand why!

[@KylaShantai]

Where is chapter 10?

[@Fancyread]

Right here: Ch. 10: 2:44:48

[@timeparticles]

I feel like eating some yams, now...?

[@VPMore]

3:18:58 chap 11

[@harper-tv3zz]

AMBATAKUUUUUMMMMM😩😩😩😩😩😩

[@Oh_Nana1990]

Oh hell! Please where can I find an actual African reading this book ? Because I cannot bear the mispronunciations of the names and terms.

[@tequila.alexis]

1:26:00 bookmark

[@heatherdavis2657]

5:16:37 Old Man to Okonkwo in Mbanta