Editing Things Fall Apart (section)

===Reception===
''Things Fall Apart'' is regarded as a milestone in [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]] [[African literature]], and for the perception of African literature in the West. It is studied widely in Africa, Europe,and North America, where it has been the subject of secondary and tertiary analytical works. It has been translated to over 50 languages.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jilani |first=Sarah |title=Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe and the languages of African literature |website=The Conversation |date=8 June 2023 |url=https://theconversation.com/things-fall-apart-chinua-achebe-and-the-languages-of-african-literature-106006 |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' listed the novel in its ''TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Grossman |first=Lev |title=Is Full List one of the All-TIME 100 Best Novels? |website=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=16 October 2005 |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/all/ |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref>

Nigerian playwright [[Wole Soyinka]] described ''Things Fall Apart'' as "the first novel in English which spoke from the interior of the African character, rather than portraying the African as an exotic, as the white man would see him." During the 60th anniversary of the novel, it was read at the [[South Bank Centre]] in London on 15 April 2018 by [[Femi Elufowoju Jr]], [[Adesua Etomi]], [[Lucian Msamati]], [[Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi]], [[Chibundu Onuzo]], [[Ellah Wakatama Allfrey]], [[Ben Okri]], and [[Margaret Busby]].<ref>[[James Murua]], [https://www.writingafrica.com//chinua-achebes-things-fall-apart-at-60-celebrated/ "Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart' at 60 celebrated"], ''Writing Africa'', 24 April 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2024.</ref><ref>[[Ainehi Edoro|Edoro, Ainehi]], [https://brittlepaper.com/2018/04/fall-60th-anniversary-reading-london-15th-april-2018/ "Bringing Achebe's Masterpiece to Life | Highlights from the 60th Anniversary Reading of Things Fall Apart | Eddie Hewitt"], ''[[Brittle Paper]]'', 24 April 2018.</ref>

On 5 November 2019 [[BBC News]] listed ''Things Fall Apart'' on its list of the [[BBC list of 100 'most inspiring' novels|100 most influential novels]].<ref name=Bbc2019-11-05>
{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50302788 |title=100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=10 November 2019}}
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