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Colonialism in Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart
Title:
Colonialism in Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart
Author:
Hawker, Louise.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, [2010]

©2010
Physical Description:
161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
Chapter 1. Background on Chinua Achebe. 1. The life of Chinua Achebe / G.D. Killam -- 2. Chinua Achebe's philosophy of fiction / Jerome Brooks, interviewing Chinue Achebe -- 3. Achebe feels a special commitment as an African writer / Romanus Okey Muoneke. Chapter 2. Things Fall Apart and colonialism. 1. Okonkwo's actions foreshadow colonialism's impact on traditional values / Christopher Heywood -- 2. Okonkwo's loss of identity parallels the experience of colonized Africans / Ifeoma Onyemelukwe -- 3. Language conveys male Africans' and colonists' power / Ada Uzoamaka Azodo -- 4. Women play a key role in the community depicted in Things Fall Apart / Linda Strong-Leek -- 5. Achebe does not idealize precolonial and postcolonial Igbo society / G.D. Killam -- 6. Igbo and European cultures clash -- Willene P. Taylor -- 7. Okonkwo's tragedy is not due to colonialism / Umelo Ojinmah -- 8. The white man redeemed Igbo society / Romanus Okey Muoneke -- 9. Three distinct endings present a layered approach to the colonized experience / Richard Begam. Chapter 3. Contemporary perspectives on colonialism. 1. Foreign aid is a twenty-first-century form of colonialism / John A. Burton -- 2. The one laptop per child project is a form of colonialism / Stanley Douglas Stych -- 3. Norfolk Islanders resist colonization by Australia / Kathy Marks -- 4. French revisionists attempted to defend colonialism in Africa / Julio Godoy -- 5. The first woman elected president in Africa is called a neocolonialist / Kuumba Chi Nia -- 6. The United Nations wants to force liberation on unwilling colonies / Ian Mather.
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ISBN:
9780737746501

9780737746518
Format :
Book