This document provides information about the author Chinua Achebe and his famous novel Things Fall Apart. It discusses how the novel portrays Igbo culture through aspects like rituals, celebrations, folk art, religion, language and more. It notes that as the power of the egwugwu (masquerade symbolizing ancestral spirits) fades and a white court replaces it, the clan's culture and independence are also lost.

1. Name : Solanki Pratiksha M.
Roll No : 21
Paper :14. The African Literatures
Sem : 4. (2014-2015)
Enrolment No. PG13101032
Subject :How culture is presented in
Things Fall Apart?.
 Smt. S.B. Gardi
Dept. of English
M.K.Bhavnagar University
 pratikshasolanki068@gmail.com

2. Chinua Achebe
• Born: 16th Nov. 1930
• Died: 21 March 2013
• Occupation: Writer,
Professor..
• Nationality: Nigerian
• Notable Works: Things
Fall Apart , Arrow of
God and etc..

3. Things Fall Apart
• Author: Chinua Achebe
• Genre: Historical
Fiction
• Publication Date: 1958
• It is seen as the
archetypal modern
African novel in
English.

4. Working Schedules
Manners
Jokes
Celebrations
Clothing and Dressings

5. Folk Art
Child-rearing method
Religion
Language
Medical Cure
Food Video

6. Culture in Things Fall Apart
Chants
and
Rituals
Praise
Poetry
and
Songs
Epic
Narrati
ves

8. • The Igbo initially criticize the Christians
and the missionaries as "foolish.
• Igbo festivals, the worship of their gods
and the practices in their ritual
ceremonies, their rich culture and other
social practices, the colonial era that was
both stopping Igbo culture and also
brought in some benefits to their culture.
• They do not even understand the concept
behind Christianity. This is because until
now the nature of white people and their
culture has existed outside of their
language.

9. Egwugwu
Symbol of
Culture
Ancestral
God
>> When the
egwugwu lose
power in the
community and are
replaced by a
white court, the
clan’s culture and
independence is
lost.