Things Fall Apart is the debut novel by Chinua Achebe which is about the land of Ibo in Nigeria. The author has reflected the culture, traditions, history and the typical life of this African village. This novel was published in 1958. She has written Things Fall Apart in response to the European novels, which regarded Africans as savages and emphasized on the need of enlightening and civilizing them. She has set the novel in Nigerian outskirts before the white missionaries colonized this place.
The passage selected for the analysis also revolves around the same theme of imperial discourses and Africa.“And at last the locusts did descend. They settled on every tree and on every blade Continue reading...
