Editing Things Fall Apart (section)

==Adaptations==
''Things Fall Apart'' was adapted into a [[radio drama]], ''Okonkwo'', by the [[Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation]] in April 1961. It featured Nigerian playwright and poet [[Wole Soyinka]] in a supporting role.<ref>Ezenwa-Ohaeto (1997). ''Chinua Achebe: A Biography'' Bloomington: Indiana University Press, p. 81. {{ISBN|0-253-33342-3}}.</ref>
[[File:Edition cover of Things Fall Apart (1985).png|alt=Cover collage of film stills by Stephen Goldblatt|thumb|Cover of ''Things Fall Apart (1985)''<nowiki> | Collage of film stills by Stephen Goldblatt</nowiki>]]
In 1970, the novel was turned into a film of the same name - also known as ''Bullfrog In The Sun'' - directed by the award-winning German filmmaker and producer {{ill|Hansjürgen Pohland|de}} and starred [[Princess Elizabeth of Toro]], [[Johnny Sekka]] and [[Orlando Martins]].<ref name="Chioni-2008">{{cite journal |first=David Chioni |last=Moore |author2=Analee Heath |author3=Chinua Achebe |title=A Conversation with Chinua Achebe |journal=Transition |date=2008 |volume=100 |issue=100 |page=23 |jstor=20542537}}</ref> In 1965, Nigerian co-producer Francis Oladele founded Calpenny Nigeria Limited, the first film production company in Nigeria after independence. The American-German-Nigerian production ''Things Fall Apart'' was his second film after [[Kongi's Harvest (film)|''Kongi's Harvest''.]] ''Things Fall Apart'' was considered lost for decades until more than 2,000 stills by [[Stephen Goldblatt]], production documents, correspondence, contemporary newspaper clippings a film print and more were found in a satellite storage of the Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin in 2019. This led to the development of an extensive research and digitisation project on Nigerian film heritage, with exhibitions and screenings in Lagos, Kampala, Abidjan, Accra and Atlanta, among other places.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Things Fall Apart and the Air of Nostalgia, Cultural Restitution – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/08/15/things-fall-apart-and-the-air-of-nostalgia-cultural-restitution/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.thisdaylive.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Things that Fell Apart were Restored in an Interaction with Time by Tusiime Tutu |url=https://andariya.com/post/things-that-fell-apart-were-restored-in-an-interaction-with-time |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Andariya}}</ref> In Germany, the film premiered at the Africa Days in Bonn under the patronage of the then German Foreign Minister [[Walter Scheel]]. In the United States, the premiere took place in Atlanta in 1974, with the then Mayor of Atlanta, [[Maynard Jackson]], as patron.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Author Chinua Achebe at the movie premier of "Things Fall Apart," 1974 with Millicent Dobbs Jordan, Mattiwilda Dobbs and Christiana Chinwe Okoli. |url=https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gsu_ajc_12376?canvas=0&x=1413&y=1124&w=4608 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Digital Library of Georgia |language=en}}</ref> In his essay ''When The Bullfrog Jumps In The Sun'' ''- Why Things Fall Apart is still a very relevant Black film till this day,'' Lagos-based contemporary artist Mallam Mudi Yahaya describes the complex background of the production.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-20 |title=When The Bullfrog Jumps In The Sun |url=https://theexplainer.com.ng/when-the-bullfrog-jumps-in-the-sun/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The explainer |language=en-GB}}</ref>  

In 1987, The novel was adapted by director, David Orere, into [[television miniseries]] broadcast by the [[Nigerian Television Authority]]. It starred [[Pete Edochie]] as Okonkwo and [[Justus Esiri]] as Obierika. Others included [[Nkem Owoh]] and [[Sam Loco Efe]] in supporting roles. 

In 1999, the American hip-hop band [[the Roots]] released their fourth studio album ''[[Things Fall Apart (album)|Things Fall Apart]]'' in reference to Achebe's novel. Also, a theatrical production of ''Things Fall Apart'' adapted by [[Biyi Bandele]] was performed at the [[Kennedy Center]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Triplett |first=William |date=6 February 1999 |title=One-Dimensional 'Things' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/02/06/one-dimensional-things/39e446c0-9e2b-4ebb-83b5-2f85d9a6310f/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> In September 2024, a television adaptation was announced to be in development at [[A24]] with [[Idris Elba]] and [[David Oyelowo]] as the producers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2024-09-26 |title=Idris Elba to Star in 'Things Fall Apart' TV Series From A24, Elba's 22Summers, David Oyelowo (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/idris-elba-things-fall-apart-tv-series-a24-david-oyelowo-1236156154/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>