Things Fall Apart - Colonialism Flashcards
(15 cards)
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The locusts did descend. They settled on every tree and on every blade of grass…Mighty tree branches broke away under them, and the whole country became the brown-earth colour of the vast, hungry swarm.
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One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words, he thought
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He saw things as black and white. And black was evil.
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Mr. Brown learned a good deal about the religion of the clan and he came to the conclusion that a frontal attack on it would not succeed. And so he built a school and a little hospital in Umuofia.
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The white man had indeed brought a lunatic religion, but he had also built a trading store and for the first time palm-oil and kernel became things of great price, and much money flowed into Umuofia.
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The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion…He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.” (Okwonko)
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Mr. Brown’s successor was the Reverend James Smith, and he was a different kind of man. He condemned openly Mr. Brown’s policy of compromise and accommodation. He saw things as black and white. And black was evil.
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The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one
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None of his converts was a man whose word was heeded in the assembly of the people. None of them was a man of title.
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He had already chosen the title of the book, after much thought: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger.
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“Does the white man understand our custom about land?”
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“How can he when he does not even speak our tongue? (Obeirika)
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Vast, hungry swarm
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So Mr. Brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith.
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Mr. Brown learned a good deal about the religion of the clan and he came to the conclusion that a frontal attack on it would not succeed. And so he built a school and a little hospital in Umuofia.
