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Some historical figures argue that people stripped of its native culture is people stripped of its soul. According to society, outstanding invading influences, such as missionaries and colonialism, affect a native, indigenous culture as well as traditional beliefs. This idea is shown in Things Fall Apart, a novel written by Chinua Achebe. However, another vidal belief is that some benefits can be brought to a society when other cultures arrive this is also presented in the novel and other instances throughout history.
“Obierika, who had been gazing sadly at his friend’s dangling body, turned suddenly to the District Commissioner and said ferociously: “That man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now he will be burned like a dog,,,” This shows the way Okonkwo represents the old and traditional generation of the Igbo culture. In further advance, Okonkwo wanted to die just as his culture, the Igbo, was. Okonkwo was not pleased with the way that his culture was developing, he didn’t want to see it “crash and burn” as he would say. Okonkwo did not like the idea of him not having control over the changes Umuofia was undergoing.
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“Things Fall Apart”, a novel written by Chinua Achebe about Africa through the character Okonkwo, a man who Achebe uses to illustrate the complexity Igbo culture, contrary to what the Europeans portrayed Africa as. One main focus of the book is to counter the single story, which is the idea that an area is represented by one story, similar to a stereotype. However, differing from a stereotype a single story often completely misrepresents something, and in this case Africa. Europeans had been the only ones writing about Africa, describing all the culture as problematic for being different, rather than looking at what African culture really is. Achebe was one of the first to write about African culture for westerners to read about, making Things Fall Apart a true innovation in writing.

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