Chinua Achebe (pronounced Chee-noo-ah Ah-chay-bay) is regarded as by many critics and educationalists to be the most prominent African writer of his generation. Born in Eastern Nigeria, in Igbo town of Ogidi in 1930, he was a graduate of University College, Ibadan. His father, Isaiah Okafor Achebe was an evangelist for the Church Missionary Society and his mother Janet, also rehabilitated Christianity. During his childhood days, Achebe saw both sides of his family, on one hand there were various rituals and on the other, they were tempted by the heathen food. When Achebe was growing up, converting into another conviction was not being practiced so much. The Christians used to go out on every fourth Sunday, they used to sing and enlighten
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Through the semantic used in his first novel that is Things Fall Apart, he has depicted that African literature was not just an imitation of European forms of African writing, but it was a fusion of such forms and oral traditions which were very rich in itself. Achebe is the conscience of African literature as he has written many stories having a strong moral background that appeals to humanity and is full of life and meaning (Gikandi, Reading Achebe).
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and it is Africa’s paramount novel, which has been acknowledged by many countries and has received global precarious approbation. The title of Achebe’s novel has a reference with W.B. Yeats’ ‘The Second Coming’. As Yeats articulates that with the demolition of previous culture, a new religion with new belief and faith was instituted. It illustrates how British administration in the name of refinement and illumination wipes the whole Igbo culture and their community.
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the …show more content…
In today's era, we see that colonialism and post-colonialism are most incessantly used words. Fundamentally colonialism means settlement of a new nation. According to the white people, construction of a sophisticated community was very imperative and thus in the name of enlightenment they were abolishing the old culture and civilization without even analysing their history and culture. We saw the same thing happening with the people of Nigeria and no other people in the whole world than Africans have suffered so much. Things Fall Apart describes the difference between culture and instinctual emotional state of the people of Umuofia with firm communal laws of British Government, between moderation and preservation, and between ingenuity and desolation. The novel re-counts, elders of Igbo community being trusted by their clan and taking decisions and trying to maintain peace and harmony among their people. The main protagonist of the novel is Okonkwo who is rigid and he refuses to acknowledge the new religion and administration brought by the white people. For him, a man rules and judges overall and women are bound to be in their domestic sphere and have no right to contribute in any communal matter. From his juvenile days, he never looked up to his father who was being given the title “Agbala" which meant old women. Okonkwo had unwarranted apprehension for his son Nwoye, as for him
Through the semantic used in his first novel that is Things Fall Apart, he has depicted that African literature was not just an imitation of European forms of African writing, but it was a fusion of such forms and oral traditions which were very rich in itself. Achebe is the conscience of African literature as he has written many stories having a strong moral background that appeals to humanity and is full of life and meaning (Gikandi, Reading Achebe).
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and it is Africa’s paramount novel, which has been acknowledged by many countries and has received global precarious approbation. The title of Achebe’s novel has a reference with W.B. Yeats’ ‘The Second Coming’. As Yeats articulates that with the demolition of previous culture, a new religion with new belief and faith was instituted. It illustrates how British administration in the name of refinement and illumination wipes the whole Igbo culture and their community.
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the …show more content…
In today's era, we see that colonialism and post-colonialism are most incessantly used words. Fundamentally colonialism means settlement of a new nation. According to the white people, construction of a sophisticated community was very imperative and thus in the name of enlightenment they were abolishing the old culture and civilization without even analysing their history and culture. We saw the same thing happening with the people of Nigeria and no other people in the whole world than Africans have suffered so much. Things Fall Apart describes the difference between culture and instinctual emotional state of the people of Umuofia with firm communal laws of British Government, between moderation and preservation, and between ingenuity and desolation. The novel re-counts, elders of Igbo community being trusted by their clan and taking decisions and trying to maintain peace and harmony among their people. The main protagonist of the novel is Okonkwo who is rigid and he refuses to acknowledge the new religion and administration brought by the white people. For him, a man rules and judges overall and women are bound to be in their domestic sphere and have no right to contribute in any communal matter. From his juvenile days, he never looked up to his father who was being given the title “Agbala" which meant old women. Okonkwo had unwarranted apprehension for his son Nwoye, as for him