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It has been an issue of debate among the third world writers whether they should express themselves in their native language or in the language of the former colonizer but Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, a Nigerian novelist believed that a writer must write for a social purpose and therefore, chose universal language English as a medium of expression. His novel Things Fall Apart (1958), has given his own voice to the African culture. Through this novel, Chinua Achebe not only gave voice to the people of African Igbo clan but has also successfully echoed it in the entire world. This paper would study the Igbo culture recreated by Chinua Achebe along with the colonizer-colonized relationship in postcolonial aspect in Things Fall Apart

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