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...Achebe has been read and acclaimed perhaps more than any African novel, certainly more than any African novel written in English. The reasons are legion. The novel exists on many levels: it is a story of a continent in the midst of change from one culture to the next; it is a tale of native African (Igbo) culture and of the loss or theft of one’s heritage. But most of all it is a story of one man, a hero named Okonkwo, a man so closely tied to the culture of his people that his failure and demise not only mirror those of the culture but are actually brought about by it. Many have speculated (and complained) about the ultimate fate of the novel’s hero, but in their confusion and consternation they may be missing Achebe’s point altogether. It is precisely the hero’s nature that made his death inevitable.
We are told of Okonkwo’s eminence in the very first sentences of the novel: “His fame rested...