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In six pages this comparative essay examines how the theme of colonialism is depicted in each African novel. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.
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world in hopes of securing trading partners and lucrative markets for its goods and services. No jewel was more sought after by British and French colonialists than the heavily
populated continent of Africa. An exotic country of many cultures and dialects, the European expansionists were at first shocked by what they consider the crudely primitive lifestyles of these
communal groups. Rather than attempt to understand their languages and customs, the colonialists instead endeavored to remake the African masses into their own Christian image. Missions were established
in remote villages and people were baptized into the Western religion oftentimes against their will. They were expected to relinquish all ties to their old ways and completely immerse
themselves in everything European. However, the old traditions did not disappear quietly, and during the twentieth century, various resentments among the African tribal factions began to emerge. Bitterness
against colonialism and its aggressively imposed Westernization ran deep as evidenced in Sembene Ousmanes 1960 novel Gods Bits of Wood (Les Bouts de bois de Dieu) and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies
2003 debut novel, Purple Hibiscus. In Gods Bits of Wood, colonialism is metaphorically portrayed as the historic conflict between master and slave, or in this instance French Dakar-Niger railroad owners
(toubabs) versus impoverished workers in pre-Independence era Senegal who sought decent wages and improved working conditions. From October 1947 until March 1948, railroad strikes erupted at different times throughout
the cities of Bamako, Thies, and Dakar. The ethnic and cultural prejudices that had fueled the colonialist movement in the first place ignited antagonisms between railroad employers and employees
in the novel. As the strike continued, it became evident that for the Senegalese workers, this ran deeper than a work dispute between management and staff. This was
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