What Is The Connection Between Imperialism And Things Fall Apart

Throughout history imperialism has unleashed throughout the world. Many countries had been taken under control with force by Britain. The White Man’s burden is a poem about making Africans send their best people into exile to work for their captives. The Africans exiled were to protect their captives, never attempt to do less, allowed to be blamed and hated by their captives, and to be patient and hold back their pride. Things Fall Apart is about Okonkwo and his clan who followed their Igbo culture and lead a happy life in their minds. During the second half of the book missionaries came into Africa and had built a church and starting bringing upon Christianity and their government into their lives and started to divide their clansmen. The
This religion being Christianity. This is showed in both Things Fall Apart and White Man’s Burden. During Things Fall Apart they had build a church, they asked nicely but even if the Igbo said “no” they still would have built it. “They had built their church there, won a handful of converts and were already sending evangelists to the surrounding towers and villages” (Things Fall Apart Pg. 142). Another example is that in The White Man’s Burden Kipling writes “Take up the White Man’s burden-” (White Man’s Burden, Line 1) this means that the Africans must learn and accept the white man’s
It was written “... but he had also built a trading store and for the first time palm-oil and kernel became things of great price”(Things Fall Apart P.g 178). The british set up trading posts in order to get the palm oil and kernel, they paid well for it and so it made Umuofia happy. Kipling had written in White Man’s Burden “To seek another’s profit -/ And work another’s gain-” (White Man’s Burden Line 15, 16). This is saying that the African’s should work for their captives and allowing them to gain profit from