![]() ![]() ![]() While growing up, Achebe was exposed to literature by Europeans that attempted to describe Africa and its people, often in a subordinate role within encounters with European adventurers, missionaries, or administrators, whichever the case may be. The Nigeria Achebe grew up in was under the throes of a British colonial process that had begun decades before his birth. In this sense, it is a work very much defined by its historical context, namely the anti-colonialist sentiment rife around the time Achebe was coming of age and the racist nature of the colonialist literature he read while studying at the university.Ĭhinua Achebe wrote ‘ Things Fall Apart’ as a response to skewed portrayals of Africa by European writers. ‘ Things Fall Apart’ is, in some respects, a reactionary novel written as a political statement to counter certain unfair narratives about Africa popular in Western fiction. ![]()
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