This formidable novel which marked its time - to the point that the English-speaking world celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its publication in 2008 - immediately registered Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) among the most read and studied African writers. Rich and dense, it brews themes such as the destruction of tribal life at the end of the 19th century following the arrival of Europeans, conversion to Christianity, the daily life of women and children in a village of forest...