Chinua Achebe was born in 1930 in Nigeria. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. In June 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize.

Arrow of God reverts to the tribal world. Ezeulu, the head priest of Ube,faces an erosion of values both from within his tribe and from without. On the one hand are the men of his tribe who align with and abet the European missionaries and on the other are the colonial invaders who are impinging on the old African way of life.