At the Guardian, Pushpinder Khaneka named three of the best books on Nigeria. One title on the list:Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
Achebe is regarded as the father (perhaps now grandfather) of modern African literature. His first novel – written as a riposte to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and what Achebe saw as its distortions – has become a classic, and is one of the most widely





