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1. When We Fall Apart by JnaquellTheWizard

   Fandoms: Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   01 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Okonkwo and Obierika
   • Obierika and Okonkwo
   • Okonkwo and Obierika are lovers
   • Okonkwo (Things Fall Apart)
   • Ezinma (Things Fall Apart)
   • Obierika (Things Fall Apart)
   • Ekwefi (Things Fall Apart)
   • Nwoye (Things Fall Apart)
   • The Oracle (Things Fall Apart)
   • Unoka (Things Fall Apart)
   • James Smith (Things Fall Apart)
   • the oracle - Freeform
   • iGCSE revision (not really)
   • Keywords
   • Colonialism
   • Masculinity
   • Proverbs and Folklore
   • Male Hagemony
   • Hubris
   • Dehumanisation
   • Ethnocentrism
   • Yams
   • Evil Forest
   • Egwugwu
   • Religious Guilt
   • Religion
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Sad Ending
   • No Smut
   • six seven
   • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - Freeform
   • Things Fall Apart - Freeform
   • i feel so unemployed
   • digital footprint? never heard of her
   • i should probably revise

   Summary

   Inspired by the Important and well written novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo and Obierika explore their relationship in a world designed against them. They must navigate the hardships that come with every breath, potentially sealing or breaking the vow that holds their clan together, and neither can know which until it is far too late.

   or

   Okonkwo and Obierika are secret lovers and the missionaries, other clan members, and their own past and shame all get in the way.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,583

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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