Colonialism as the Bedrock of Poverty and Precarity in the Igbo Culture (Southeast Nigeria) as Revealed in Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and "Arrow of God

ANIEKE, CHRISTIAN and MMag., Colonialism as the Bedrock of Poverty and Precarity in the Igbo Culture (Southeast Nigeria) as Revealed in Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and "Arrow of God. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

In his two novels "Things Fall Apart" and "Arrow of God" Chinua Achebe shows how the combined European forces of missionaries, businessmen and the military systematically annihilated the cultural, political and social foundation of the Igbo nation, wiping off in a twinkle the cultural history of one of   the greatest civilizations in the world and enthroning an impoverishing system of colonial mentality and political cum economic dependency. By destroying the old Igbo society, with its political arrangement that was very democratic and averse to any central authority, and installing warrant chiefs, the colonialists succeeded in creating a psycho-social order that will guarantee dependency on the colonial masters even after the political independence of the people. Obierika of Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" captures the situation well in his famous speech: "The white man is very clever.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Depositing User:	miss ifeoma agbo
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2019 10:23
Last Modified:	09 Apr 2019 10:23
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1116

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