Chinua Achebe is one of the world's most widely recognized and praised African writers. His most famous novel "Things Fall Apart " is a devastating depiction of the clash between traditional tribal values and the effects of colonial rule.
Achebe is known ,as literary critic, for his passionate critique of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", in which he accuses the popular novel of rampant racism through its othering of the African continent and its people. |