Things Fall Apart
In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the idea of the religion or mythology according to the ancient Africans was a major theme in the book. In historical context I am going to look at what they really believed and why Achebe mentioned some of the customs that pertained to their gods.
Africans believed that "death does not end it" in other words when you die you are not finished yet. This is shown in …
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…to the myths and type of religion the Africans uphold in the book. All of which are instilled in them from the beginning. As read in the book, it is easy for them to turn their back on their religion, but hard to turn their back on their fathers.
Work Cited
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Oxford: Heinemann, 1958.
Barrow, A.H. Fifty Years in Western Africa. New York, 1969.
McVeigh, Malcom J. God in Africa. Vermont, 1974.
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