Great African Reads discussion

NO SPOILERS
This thread is for discussions of our Sept/Oct 2019 | Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - with NO SPOILERS (there is a thread with spoilers allowed too) - so feel free to discuss book editions, availability, expectations etc. - when you get into the book, please join us in the spoiler thread! 

I read this landmark novel several years ago, as part of the The African Trilogy, which includes two other interesting novels by Chinua Achebe and an excellent prologue by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. If you can find that collection, I really recommend it.

This is a very widely-read novel in the U.S., as evidenced by its quarter-million Goodreads ratings. I borrowed an audiobook of it from the local library a couple days ago and listened to the first of the six discs so far.
Probably the most similar work I've read is The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o of Kenya which I read about a year ago. I'm looking forward to reading more of it.
Thanks Wim for mentioning that it's the first in a trilogy- I may read the others also.

I read this recently, it is definitely read as a classic of African litterature - enjoy!

I'm on the third of the 6 audio discs now, will post on the spoilers thread when I've finished.

One of my favourite books: found it moving, wise and prescient when you consider global events that took place in the early part of this century, long after the Chinua Achebe penned this masterstroke.