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  • In case you missed it, Chinua Achebe’s 1958 book Things Fall Apart is coming back in a TV series adaptation by Idris Elba and A24 Productions. 

    It’s confirmed Idris Elba is more than an executive producer on this project. He’s also going to play the protagonist, Okonkwo. While we will give anything to see Elba shirtless, playing Nna Anyi in this series, we just think of ourselves as better suited to do the casting for A24. Anyway, we found our own Okonkwo and other actors that’d eat up the major characters in Things Fall Apart.

    Gentle Jack as Okonkwo

    Veteran actor Gentle Jack isn’t only an actor who speaks Igbo fluently, he’s also an impressive act. His no-nonsense face, big-chief moustache, height, and big body build capture the Okonkwo profile so well. He has a firm baritone to match, too. Perfect.

    Emeka Nwagbaraocha as Nwoye

    This is a mummy’s boy who became a hard guy because his daddy’s a big bully. Our money’s on Emeka to balance Nwoye’s character development with an appropriate amount of emotional turbulence.

    Chiwetalu Agu as Unoka

    This is Okonkwo’s lazy and spendthrift father and Nwoye’s grandfather. Think of an actor who’d play someone who’s too cowardly to be a warrior but would conveniently walk around the village and borrow money—no one’s touching the legend of Chiwetalu Agu.

    Jide Kene Achufusi as Ikemefuna

    If there’s a perfect “son” for Okonkwo and a macho role model for Nwoye, no one’s playing it better than Jide Kene. Trust him to make Nwoye sharp quickly.

    Uzoamaka Aniunoh as Ezinma

    With her dove eyes and collected demeanour, Uzoamaka as Ezinne is the perfect character to be a soft spot of Okonkwo. Sweet and assertive is what this role needs. She’s got those.

    Rita Edochie as Ekwefi

    Ekwefi is Ezinma’s mum. We’ve seen the mother-daughter chemistry between Uzoamaka Aniunoh and Rita Edochie in CJ Obasi’s Mami Wata (2023), and we’re confident they can take it up a notch in a Things Fall Apart show.

    Kelechi Udegbe as Enoch

    Kelechi Udegbe is the best fit to play a popular fanatic Christian in a village of traditional  worshippers. If you’ve seen Kelechi in Mami Wata as a revolt leader (Jabi), or as a passionate police officer (Corporal) in Collision, you’d know that no one applies zealotry like he does.

    Jennifer Eliogu as Chielo

    She’s the priestess. Please, leave this role for her.

    These 7 African Books Need to Be Adapted Into Film ASAP

  • Fans and haters of Okonkwo gather here. The 1958 book Things Fall Apart by the iconic literary mind Chinua Achebe is coming to life again as a TV series. The classic was first brought to life as a film in 1971 and as a miniseries in 1987 with Pete Edochie playing the brutal strongman, Okonkwo.

    What has happened so far

    The news was first reported by Variety Magazine on Thursday. According to Variety, the new Things Fall Apart series is still in development by the American production studio, A24. Ghanaian DJ and actor Idris Elba is leading the project as executive producer through his new 22Summers production company. Nigerian British actor, David Oyelowo and the creative executive Amanda N’Duka will serve as executive producers through their Yoruba Saxon production company. Ben Forkner, Dayo Ogunyemi, and Achebe Masterworks are also executive producers. A writer has not been announced for the project yet. A network or streaming service has not officially come on board yet.

    Here’s All We Know About the New “Things Fall Apart” TV Series

    Cast

    While most of the cast has not been announced as the series is still in development, it has been confirmed that Idris Elba will play Okonkwo. 

    Synopsis

    Things Fall Apart is set in the precolonial Igbo society of Umuofia. It follows the rise of Okonkwo to the top of his society as a wealthy farmer and his fall with the invasion of the colonisers. The book, which has been translated into over 60 languages, has been lauded as one of the first authentic novels about Nigeria. It won the Nigerian National Merit Award and the Man Booker International Prize. It is the first book of Achebe’s African Trilogy, which includes No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God respectively.

  • If there’s one book that every Nigerian, both old and young, rich and not-so-rich have read, it is Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, Things Fall Apart. This book marked a milestone for Nigeria and African Literature. It’s been several years since it was published, but people all over the world still read it and talk about it. I would say don’t call yourself a Nigerian if you haven’t read it, but then, the joke will be on me.

    Take this quiz and we’ll find out if you’ve truly read it or not.