Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe
* Things Fall Apart is set in the 1890s and portrays the clash between Nigeria's white colonial government and the traditional culture of the indigenous Igbo people. The novel shatters the stereotypical European portraits of native Africans. He carefully portrays the complex and advanced social institutions and artistic traditions of Igbo culture prior to its contact with Europeans. Yet he is just as careful not to stereotype the Europeans; he offers a wide variety of depictions of the white man.
* Things Fall Apart is set in the 1890s and portrays the clash between Nigeria's white colonial government and the traditional culture of the indigenous Igbo people. The novel shatters the stereotypical European portraits of native Africans. He carefully portrays the complex and advanced social institutions and artistic traditions of Igbo culture prior to its contact with Europeans. Yet he is just as careful not to stereotype the Europeans; he offers a wide variety of depictions of the white man.