The Era of European Imperialism
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The era of European imperialism brought together the cultures of Europe with those of many regions considered backward and in need of guidance, and countries like Britain imposed their political, social, and sometimes moral views on different peoples around the world. This process created tension, dissension, and resentment in different groups in these countries. The British may also have left behind certain legal and political structures which have benefited former colonies, but many see the ill effects as having been the greater. A writer like Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart offers an inside view of a post-colonial society and of how the colonial era continues to affect that society at every level. Chinua Achebe approaches his subject matter realistically and expresses a first-hand view of the social milieu of the novel and the history of the region in which it is set. Chinua Achebe has a background that reflects the milieu in his novel Things Fall Apart, which tells of village life in Nigeria. Achebe himself was born in Nigeria in 1930 and was raised in the large village of Ogidi, which was also one of the first centers of Anglican missionary work in Eastern Nigeria. Achebe graduated from University College at Ibadan. He worked for a time in radio, but that career ended in 1966 when he left his post as Director of External Broadcasting in Nigeria because of the national upheaval that would lead to the Biafran War. He then became Senior Research Fellow at the
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