Felt by some, colonialism was one of the best things that ever happened to Africa. It has been argued that before colonialism Africa was a primitive land and that colonialism bought decency and order to Africa. Africa has been referred to as the “Dark Continent”. A nation that was void, without form or structure thus preventing its people from being active participants in their history. It is believed that the arrival of the European and colonialism helped to bring social, economic, political and religious structure to Africa but that is quite the contrary. Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart proves that Africans helped to contribute to the structure of their society in many ways before the arrival of the Europeans.
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