• The person that I chose for my biography project was Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe was an African author and an important figure in history because he shed light on the importance of African culture in his literary works.
• I chose this individual for my biography project because I enjoyed reading his book “Things Fall Apart.” I thought that this book was a very interesting read and hoped, in the future, that I would read some more of his books.
• Chinua Achebe lived during the post-colonial period in Nigeria when Britain granted Africa its independence. Achebe’s works were associated with the decolonization of Africa. In addition to this period, Achebe is also associated with the Negritude movement, which was created alongside Africa’s …show more content…
This celebration of the African way of life can be summed up into one word and that is “negritude.” This word is used to describe certain attributes and qualities that black people embody besides physical traits. According to the negritude definition, color is one noteworthy physical attribute that separates black people from other races. Edward Wilmot Blyden, a 20th century black intellectual, also agreed with this idea of negritude, saying that every race has its own unique and distinct features. The negritude movement, basically, started in the 1930s with African writers such as Sengor and Cesaire and, towards the end of the 1940s, had picked up momentum. At this time, there were a number of black authors who were writing about the distinct culture of black people, which, at the time, was in conjunction with anti-colonialist’s ideas. Once Britain set Africa free and Africa became a decolonized nation, the Negritude movement gave rise to a new set of values and traditions that weren’t heavily influenced by the Europeans (Bolaffi, Bracalenti, Braham,
• I chose this individual for my biography project because I enjoyed reading his book “Things Fall Apart.” I thought that this book was a very interesting read and hoped, in the future, that I would read some more of his books.
• Chinua Achebe lived during the post-colonial period in Nigeria when Britain granted Africa its independence. Achebe’s works were associated with the decolonization of Africa. In addition to this period, Achebe is also associated with the Negritude movement, which was created alongside Africa’s …show more content…
This celebration of the African way of life can be summed up into one word and that is “negritude.” This word is used to describe certain attributes and qualities that black people embody besides physical traits. According to the negritude definition, color is one noteworthy physical attribute that separates black people from other races. Edward Wilmot Blyden, a 20th century black intellectual, also agreed with this idea of negritude, saying that every race has its own unique and distinct features. The negritude movement, basically, started in the 1930s with African writers such as Sengor and Cesaire and, towards the end of the 1940s, had picked up momentum. At this time, there were a number of black authors who were writing about the distinct culture of black people, which, at the time, was in conjunction with anti-colonialist’s ideas. Once Britain set Africa free and Africa became a decolonized nation, the Negritude movement gave rise to a new set of values and traditions that weren’t heavily influenced by the Europeans (Bolaffi, Bracalenti, Braham,