Volume VI Special Issue I January 2026

Name of Author : Mrs. Rashmi S. Patil

Title of the paper : Revisiting Colonial Legacies: Postcolonial Themes in Chinua Achebes Fiction

Abstract: Chinua Achebes fiction represents one of the most significant literary revolutions in postcolonial African writing. His works reclaim the cultural and historical narrative of Africa from the distortions imposed by colonial discourse. Through novels such as Things Fall Apart 1958, No Longer at Ease 1960, and Arrow of God 1964, Achebe dramatizes the profound consequences of European imperialism on indigenous societies while affirming African resilience and agency. This paper critically examines the postcolonial themes in Achebes fiction, including cultural conflict, hybridity, linguistic resistance, identity fragmentation, and the politics of power. Drawing upon theoretical frameworks from Edward Saids Orientalism, Frantz Fanons Black Skin, White Masks, and Homi Bhabhas concept of hybridity and mimicry, the paper explores Achebes complex negotiation between tradition and modernity, the colonized and the colonizer. The analysis reveals Achebes fiction as both an artistic expression and a political act a deliberate decolonization of language, narrative, and history.

Keywords : Postcolonialism, Cultural Conflict, Hybridity, Language, Identity, Chinua Achebe, Resistance

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Page Number : 77-80