Things Fall Apart- FC

While growing up in Moscow, TX in the middle of Deep East Texas, I rarely thought or was introduced to African culture. The book Things Fall Apart offerred many interesting insights as to how Africans viewed the coming of European colonists into their land. First, the author, who is from Niger, wrote this book in English. This obvioulsy places his purpose of writing this entirely on educated english speakers on what happened to the people of Niger. Second, the way the colonists were described in their dealings with the tribespeople. At first they converted some, non-violently, but then they used deception to capture leadership and control the tribespeople. One could even make a case for the locusts in the book being a symbol for the Europeans coming and the family described as a representative for the African people. The locusts consumed everything in their path and so did the Europeans. The family fell apart tragically and so did the tribes of Africa.