Interface between Colonialism and Capitalism in Chinua Achebe'sThings Fall Apart

Abstract

This thesis examines an interface between colonialism and capitalism in Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart. This interpretive study showsalink between colonialism and capitalism.In order to examine this connection between colonialism and capitalism,this study drives theoretical insights from NgugiWaThiongo,Jan AartScholte,Karl Marxand Timothy Mitchell. Thisresearch finds thatcolonialism wasanarmof capitalism andat thesame time colonialism wasan early formof globalcapitalism.Though, theBritish government extractedraw materials from differentcolonies for collecting capitals. Thecolonizers’intentionwasnot onlytorule butdestroy the native way of lifetoexpandtheircapitalist ventures.