1. ïŒName : Solanki Pratiksha M.
ïŒRoll No : 21
ïŒPaper :14. The African Literatures
ïŒSem : 4. (2014-2015)
ïŒEnrolment No. PG13101032
ïŒSubject :How culture is presented in
Things Fall Apart?.
ïŒ Smt. S.B. Gardi
Dept. of English
M.K.Bhavnagar University
ïŒ pratikshasolanki068@gmail.com
2. Chinua Achebe
âą Born: 16th Nov. 1930
âą Died: 21 March 2013
âą Occupation: Writer,
Professor..
âą Nationality: Nigerian
âą Notable Works: Things
Fall Apart , Arrow of
God and etc..
3. Things Fall Apart
âą Author: Chinua Achebe
âą Genre: Historical
Fiction
âą Publication Date: 1958
âą It is seen as the
archetypal modern
African novel in
English.
6. Culture in Things Fall Apart
Chants
and
Rituals
Praise
Poetry
and
Songs
Epic
Narrati
ves
7.
8. âą The Igbo initially criticize the Christians
and the missionaries as "foolish.
âą Igbo festivals, the worship of their gods
and the practices in their ritual
ceremonies, their rich culture and other
social practices, the colonial era that was
both stopping Igbo culture and also
brought in some benefits to their culture.
âą They do not even understand the concept
behind Christianity. This is because until
now the nature of white people and their
culture has existed outside of their
language.