Cultural, Religious, and Linguistic Hybridity in Chinua Achebe’s Novel Things Fall Apart

Authors : Kanan Aghasıyev

Pages : 174-188

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Publication Date : 2024-03-17

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The 1958 novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is the subject of this article. Europeans propagated their own laws and political structure while restricting or outlawing native customs via the use of religion in Africa and many other parts of the world during the time of colonialism. In the novel, African people, specifically, Nigerian Igbo people, experience European colonialism. By using postcolonial theory and Homi Bhabha’s concept of hybridity, the article seeks to illustrate all the linguistic, cultural, and religious changes that Igbo people experienced as a result of European colonialism in Africa and Nigeria. The paper will mostly focus on a few instances from the life of the protagonist, Okonkwo, and how he dealt with the changes that the British introduced to the Igbo people. Moreover, it discusses how colonialism affected Igbo culture negatively. At the end of the article, readers will be able to see Homi Bhabha’s concept of hybridity in terms of religion, culture, and language by using examples from the novel and Achebe\'s life.
Keywords : Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Postkolonyal Afrika Edebiyatı, Igbo, Hybridity, Homi Bhabha, Okonkwo

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