'Things Fall Apart' : Colonialism in Africa

  Significance of the Title ‘THINGS FALL APART’ Or Whiteman’s Colonialism in Africa Chinua Achebe had a soft corner in his heart for the people of Africa. He feels pricks of conscience when his observant eye penetrates into the miseries of African people created by the West. Being a 20 th century writer, Achebe highlights the imperialistic attitude of the Whiteman towards poor and wretched black people. The title of ‘Things Fall Apart’ has got immense popularity throughout the world. The very title exposes the colonialist biases of the English man in Africa. Everything in Africa was going accordingly. The arrival of the so called civilized (The Whitman) brought destruction and disintegration in the political, social and economic structure of a democratic (so called uncivilized) state of Africa. The title of the novel may be interpreted in different ways. ‘Things’ in the title of the book means political, social and moral circumstances. In other words, we may say that it means an