THE FRAMEWORK OF NEOCOLONIAL RUDIMENTS IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S ANTHILLS OF SAVANNAH

Abstract [English]

Literature is observed as a serious and systematic mechanism to manuscript the tranquilities of human endeavours. The diversified domain of Africa is superlatively known for culture, rituals, heritage, tradition and wild life. These diversities have become the integral element of common folk who inhabit and experience the predicaments of African humanity. Most of the nations in African continent are under the silhouette of colonial inheritance even after attaining sovereignty. The literature of Africa has been instrumental in documenting the transformations perceived at different altitudes. It unlocks an option for authors to embody the boons and banes of African citizens. Writers like Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Nadine Gordimer, Chimamanda Ngozi Aichie and Chinua Achebe have focused on both the abstract and concrete rudiments of African social order.
Chinua Achebe is clinical and influential in typifying the standards of African civilization. He is embarked as a literary figure that represents the African verve in a lucid and sober manner. His literary exposition Anthills of Savannah (1987) traces the life of colonized populace in Africa. With the consequence of colonization, both the individuals and homeland have lost the dignity and integrity. The novelist tries to reclaim the lost dignity for the betterment of Africa through this literary description. But the political leaders fail to restore the dignity of Kangan in Africa. In turn they continue to exist as the substance of white colonizers. The period after colonialism is called ‘Postcolonialism’ and it is also termed as ‘Neocolonialism’. Hence, the research paper makes an attempt to study the framework of neoclassical rudiments in Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of Savannah within the obtainable charter.