---Mere anarchy is loose upon the world. The blood dimmed tide is lost and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned.The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity...... ---The darkness drops again but now I know, that twenty centuries of stony sleep were vexed into nightmare by a rocking cradle.... Achebe's novel have far more ramifications and significance than just the mere joy of the effective and economic writing style.I am glad that S.Gikandi tidied some of the loose ends that I have often wondered about.In that case'Arrow of God'which to me is even more entertaining,continues Achebe's personal journey.

The eagle on the iroko tree..congratulations on this momentous occassion, may the eagle stay on the tree forever.This was a life changing experience I had as a child whenever i read the book for the first time. The qualities of the character in the book have shaped my life and affected it in more ways than one. If the Chief is ever in Texas or has plans to be here, Please have him call ahead so we plan our own celebration...Texas style. Long like Hon Chinua Achebe.

great africa , means we have to move for etter understanding of our culture and pay more respect to our great scholars and novelist like Chinua Achebe , now we study this novel in ( things fall apart ) in sudan universities , we proud to have such african novellike this