Analyzing the Loss of Cultural Identity in Reference to Language and Tradition in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
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The concept of “African identity” is intricate and multidimensional, encompassing a wide variety of African cultures, ethnicities, languages, histories, and experiences. Language pertains to an important aspect of culture. With almost 2,000 different languages spoken there, Africa has enormous linguistic diversity. Multilingual Africans frequently speak multiple languages within their communities. The paper intends to examine the intricacies of cultural conflict in lieu of language and tradition in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in the light of the most dominant community of Africa, Igbo. The importance of culture and tradition in a society like Igbo played a crucial role in forming the identity of the African people with which they related to the most and became the main reason for their retaliation against the colonizers. The study garners an eclectical approach which further relates to the concept of colonialism in the realm of African society and culture as portrayed in Things Fall Apart.
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