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Musye GebrezgiyWorld HistoryProfessor Minkin Things Fall Apart How is colonialism a idea passim the novel? How does this novel address a Eurocentric sagaciousness of African history?Things Fall Apart is about the tragic celestial latitude of Okonkwo our main character and the Igbo culture. Okonkwo is a respected leader within the Igbo community of Umunfia in eastern Nigeria. He first gets respect within the resolution by defeating Amalinze the Cat in a wrestling contest. Okonkwo is determined to go bad a powerful and wealthy man unlike his father who was weak. in spite of appearance the community, Unoka was considered a failure and a laughingstock he was looked upon as a woman who had no property to call his own. He eventually died a shameful death and left numerous debts. Okonkwo despises and resents his father gentle slipway he decides to over rise up the shame that he feels for his fathers impuissance by becoming what he considers to be manly. He dominates his wives and children by being insensitive and controlling. Over the years, Okonkwo becomes an extremely volatile man. For example licking his youngest wife Ojiugo for accidently forgetting to prepare the afternoon meal for his family. Things begin to fall unconnected soon with the arrival of Christian missionaries who spread their religion and culture throughout the land and. Colonialism is a theme thats constantly addressed throughout the book and is to blame for the fall of the Igbo culture and Okonkwo. The first signs of colonization come to Abame when the first white man appears. The village at first didnt know what to expect from him. The elders of the village consulted the Oracle and soon came to the decision to knock down the man because they f... ... people and obedience to the tribal leaders and their gods. The missionaries who subjugated unfortunately stripped this for the Igbo people.Eurocentric perspective was a widely held be lief among Europeans that Africa was wild, exotic, and natives were ill-informed had no principle. This was more than enough for the Europeans to establish their culture into Africa because it was more capital to that of African culture. Achebe does a great job in proving this idea wrong. He takes us into a new world shows us that even though the natives had a disparate view of the world they were still no different than that of the Europeans who just like the whites showed compassion, hate, have faith in a god(s) and conjoin as one for the better. He was a man on a mission dedicated to spreading knowledge of Africas contributions to history and unite the continent and its people.