Culture-+Melissa

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It is important for one to understand the meaning of the word Culture as it pertains to the African culture portrayed in __Things Fall Apart__. Everything in the post-western culture is inter-connected. The culture is shaped by spiritual, educational, social, and religious tradition. Achebe’s writing about African society is intended to extinguish the misconception that African culture had been savage and primitive. In __Things Fall Apart__, western culture is portrayed as being “arrogant and ethnocentric” and insisting that the African culture needed a leader. Because it had no kings or chiefs, Umofian culture was vulnerable to invasion by western civilization. It is felt that the repression of the Igbo language at the end of the novel contributes greatly to the destruction of the culture (Gikanki). Although Achebe favors the African culture of the post-western society, the author contributes its destruction to the “weaknesses within the native structure.” Achebe portrays the culture as having “a religion, a government, a system of money, and an artistic tradition, as well as a judicial system. [|www.cliffnotes.com]. [|www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/things/thingstg.html] [|www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/thingsfallapart.html] [|www.cliffnotes.com]