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...conquered peoples, but what comes from Achebe’s account, as well as Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, is the reality of a culture, laws and societal mores which have sustained and supported a way of life for centuries, and which is no more. Both authors point out that colonialism, in the long run, benefits no one.
In Chinua Achebe’s work, ‘Things Fall Apart’, the terrible effects of colonization are examined. The main character, Okonkwo, serves as the representation of the old ways which inevitably cannot compete with the new, and so becomes extinct. In fact, given all the evidence throughout the story it is with all likelihood that the historical accurateness is...