Justus Esiri
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Justus Esiri was a Nigerian actor, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of Nollywood with a career spanning several decades from the 1960s. He gained prominence for his role in the Nigerian Televisi
Justus Esiri
Things Fall Apart
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Things Fall Apart is the 1958 debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Set in Colonial Nigeria, it portrays the story of Okonkwo, a traditional and influential leader of the fictional Igbo clan o
Justus Esiri
…prominence for his role in the Nigerian Television Authority television series The Village Headmaster and in the film adaptation of Chinua Achebe's book Things Fall Apart, where he played Obierika. He posthumously won the Best Actor award at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards for his role in Assassins Practice and was…
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Achebe in Lagos, 1966; eight years after the publication of Things Fall Apart