Here, collected for the first time in Everyman&#8217;s Library, are the three internationally acclaimed classic novels that comprise what has come to be known as Chinua Achebe&#8217;s &#8220;African Trilogy.&#8221;<br><br>Beginning with the best-selling <i>Things Fall Apart</i>&#8212;on the heels of its fiftieth anniversary&#8212;<i>The African Trilogy </i>captures a society caught between its traditional roots and the demands of a rapidly changing world. Achebe&#8217;s most famous novel introduces us to Okonkwo, an important member of the Igbo people, who fails to adjust as his village is colonized by the British. In <i>No Longer at Ease </i>we meet his grandson, Obi Okonkwo, a young man who was sent to a university in England and has returned, only to clash with the ruling elite to which he now believes he belongs. <i>Arrow of God </i>tells the story of Ezuelu, the chief priest of several Nigerian villages, and his battle with Christian missionaries.<br><br>In these masterful novels, Achebe brilliantly sets universal tales of personal and moral struggle in the context of the tragic drama of colonization.