Analysis: A Macat Analysis of Chinua Achebe's An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness
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Nigerian novelist and professor Chinua Achebe was acutely conscious that Western views of Africa were inevitably the views of a culture that assumed itself superior. When confronted by what it took to be an inferior culture, the West identified itself as better - materially, intellectually, even spiritually. Achebe believed that even as original and subtle a work as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness - a novel seen by many as a criticism of colonialism and one that Achebe admired stylistically - reflected these assumptions.
For Achebe, Heart of Darkness was a book shot through with racist preconceptions that belittled and demeaned both Africa and Africans. As such it could never be considered a great work of art, as had consistently been claimed in the West. Achebe maintained that the novel's racism left it permanently tainted. This was a view that shocked, startled, stimulated, and colored all subsequent opinions of Conrad. It remains controversial and challenging - even divisive - today.
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- 14-03-19
Achebe. Will always remain one of the legends of rational thinking and literature
The first time I read that book “ heart of Darkness”, I wanted to burn it because of the insult and denigration of the african people ( my people) by this Polish British writer . However I applaud Dr. Achebe For his enormous and intelligent summarisation of this book and exposure of the negative , racist and biased objectives of the writer . Achebe has always been very outspoken bad we saw in “ Things Fall Apart”. It is in our blood” we are Igbos and we do not condone racism nor suppression . May his soul Rest in Peace
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