Mimicry in Cary's Mister Johnson:Cultural Hybridity

Abstract

Mostly, people have innate respect, reverence and love towards their culture of origin. When it comes to the clash of cultures, people face a situation of mimicry. Joyce Cary'sMister Johnsonis an account of cultural hybridity of Mister Johnson, protagonist of the novel. His character is created by the tension between innate desire and colonized mind. In such a situation neither he can fully negate/forget his original African culture nor can fully escape away from the culture of the British which is ruling the natives in African colony.