Achebe's Racial Political Criticism and the Construction of African Subjectivity

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10.2991/icadce-18.2018.57How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Achebe; racial political criticism; essentialist criticism; African subjectivity

Abstract

Achebe, the father of modern literature in Nigeria, severely criticized Conrad's ethnocentrism and colonial essentialism, pointing out his distorted description of Africa and his disregard for African human nature. Achibe subverted the imperialist narrative with his literary creation, and suggested that Africans must change their perspective and write Africa from within. Achibe's works embody the pursuit of common humanity.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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