In “An Image of Africa,” Chinua Achebe says, “The real question is the dehumanization of Africa and
Africans which this age-long attitude has fostered and continues to foster in the world. And the question is
whether a novel which celebrates this dehumanization, which depersonalizes a portion of the human race,
can be called a great work of art” .Agree or disagree with this claim. Can art as morally flawed as
Conrad’s novel,“Joseph Conrad” & Heart of Darkness”, still offer something positive or illuminating to
readers? You must discuss “An Image of Africa,” by Chinua Achebe article and at least one other work
from the second half of this semester, which will be “James Baldwin” & Notes of a Native Son.
The reading to “An Image of Africa,” Chinua Achebe
https://polonistyka.amu.edu.pl/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/259954/Chinua-Achebe,-An-Image-of-Africa.-
Racism-in-Conrads-Heart-of-Darkness.pdf
The reading for “James Baldwin” & Notes of a Native Son.
www2.csudh.edu
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