The
paper reviews Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and its description of the challenges faced by the Ibo tribe. The paper follows
the journey of Okonkwo, Achebe's protagonist, as he and his tribe confront white missionaries and Christianity. It
shows that Okonkwo, like a character in a Greek tragedy, carries the seeds of his own destruction. In conclusion, it shows how the change brought by the collision of European and African culture inevitability led to the tragic consequences which end the book.