'Things Fall Apart' | Empire Writes Back to the Centre: A Postcolonial Analysis

  {In this analysis of  Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart' , we explore how the novel embodies the concept of  Empire writing back to the centre . Through its portrayal of  cultural conflict ,  colonialism , and  resistance , Achebe challenges Eurocentric narratives.} Chinua Achebe was conscious of the invasion of Western culture on the easy-going Nigerian culture. Hence, his writings mostly reflect the imperialist and colonial biases of the West. Therefore, he is known as a giant of Postcolonial Literature. His famous novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ manifests cross cultural skirmishes particularly when a belligerent and hostile culture or civilization attacks on another culture or civilization. These very cultural clashes result in making the things fall apart. The White man (the commissioner who writes his book during his stay in Umuofia) has come to Umuofia in order to impose their system of justice and resultantly strangles the already existing democra...