Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2018)

Achebe's Racial Political Criticism and the Construction of African Subjectivity

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Pengju Qin
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Pengju Qin
Available Online July 2018.
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10.2991/icadce-18.2018.57How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Achebe; racial political criticism; essentialist criticism; African subjectivity
Abstract

Achebe, the father of modern literature in Nigeria, severely criticized Conrad's ethnocentrism and colonial essentialism, pointing out his distorted description of Africa and his disregard for African human nature. Achibe subverted the imperialist narrative with his literary creation, and suggested that Africans must change their perspective and write Africa from within. Achibe's works embody the pursuit of common humanity.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2018
ISBN
10.2991/icadce-18.2018.57
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icadce-18.2018.57How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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