CHINUA ACHEBE BETWEEN THE UNIVERSALITY OF WRITING AND THE INHERITANCES OF THE COLONIZATION

Abstract

The present paper deals with the concept which describe Chinua Achebe between the Universality of Writing and the Inheritances of the Colonization Chinua Achebe analyses the impact British colonial system had on Igbo society in Nigeria. He discusses the culture-religion clashes between the two worlds: the English and the African. Achebe is not one-sided he shows both negative and positive sides of British colonization. When he describes the Igbo society, he uses true facts and his own experience as well to give readers as much real picture about this society as possible. He does not avoid the description of cruel methods and rituals the Igbo people performed and which were significantly limited after the coming of missionaries and their presence in Igbo land. On the other hand, Achebe tries to show that British colonial presence and changes they brought destroyed the original African culture for good  the impact British colonizers had on the land was so huge that there will never be just unique African culture again.