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Zarrinjooee, Bahman; Khatar, Shahla – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This paper deals with Chinua Achebe's (1930-2013) "No Longer at Ease" (1960) which depicts the dissemination of English culture in Nigeria and its effects on the life and identity of Obi Okonkwo, the Western educated male protagonist. The focus of this paper is on the dissemination of English culture and submission of Nigerian culture in…
Descriptors: Foreign Culture, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Stereotypes
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Sadeghi, Zahra – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Chinua Achebe in his novel "Things Fall Apart" gives us a unique picture of life in Africa before the arrival of Christianity and colonization and the era afterwards. He shows how African people lost their traditional culture and values, replacing them with foreign beliefs. In this article, the way black people lived before the arrival…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Sociolinguistics, Foreign Policy