Colonialism is the enforcement of political, cultural, economic, and military troops over the weak nations in order to exploit them; it is the method employed to spread capitalism and its values. When Britain embraced Capitalism, it started to colonize nations so as to secure its material interests. In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe deals, in his books, with the clash of cultures and the violent transitions in life and values brought about by the incursion of British colonialism in Nigeria at the end of the 19th century. In fact, in the novel, this colonial power, adopts various strategies to help and, at the same time, controls Igbo people and their traditional life which makes things fall apart.
[...] According to the novel, “twins [are] put in earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest”[4]. When missionaries arrive, they build their church in the evil forest and start to rescue the thrown twins and keep them inside. In addition, because of this moral attitude, the church wins more converts, including a pregnant woman, Nneka. Her four previous pregnancies have produced twins, and her husband and his family are not sorry to see her go.[5] This means that Achebe is not surprised that a woman may get involved in such a cultural change. [...]
[...] That is to say, white people, in Things Fall Apart, are colonizers who claim their right of the Igbo land for no valid reason. According to the District Commissioner, the British are in Igbo to teach peace and order[32]; but, in reality, they are there to impose religion and power to feed the British country. In the end, Okonkwo Commits suicide, this action seems nearly expected. Determined to resist the white man's colonialism, alone if needed, the disloyalty by his people is more than he can stand. [...]
[...] Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Educational Books Ibid Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Educational Books Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Educational Books Cook, David F. African Literature: A Critical View . London: Longman Publishing Group Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Educational Books [10]Robert Wren M. Achebe's World: The Historical and Cultural Context of the Novels of Chinua Achebe. Longman Publishing Group Cook, David F. African Literature: A Critical View . London: Longman Publishing Group Achebe, Chinua. [...]
[...] Achebe's World: The Historical and Cultural Context of the Novels of Chinua Achebe. Longman Publishing Group Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Educational Books Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Educational Books Robert Wren M. Achebe's World: The Historical and Cultural Context of the Novels of Chinua Achebe. Longman Publishing Group Ibid.,100. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Educational Books Achebe, Chinua. The Trouble with Nigeria. London: Heinemann Educational Books Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann Educational Books Florence Stratton, Contemporary African Literature [...]
[...] And what more, nearly all the Osu in Mbanta follow their example[9] In actual fact, the Osu' conversion is ironic for the reason that the Osu status leads them in great numbers into the church[10]. As a result, as more new converts strengthen the church, they, in turn, weaken the clan, causing increased tension among the non-Christians as well as between the Christians and the non-Christians. As a result, Brown's mission [grows] from strength to strength and because it links with the new administration it earns a new social prestige”[11] On the basis on this tension, it seems that though the missionaries try to help convert the Igbo village of Umuofia to Christianity, their presence in Africa is harmful to the lives and culture of the Igbo. [...]
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