The lens most commonly associated with Things Fall Apart is the Post-Colonial lens, but I hesitated to write about it for that exact reason. However, I was genuinely interested in how that lens impacted the book, especially considering that Things Fall Apart does not take place in a post-colonial era, rather during the colonial era. As such, I hope this post will reveal the nuances and faceted nature of this application.
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It is the end of seven years of exile for Okonkwo. His sin of accidental murder against a fellow villager forced him to flee from his home in Umuofia to his motherland, where he is kindly taken in by his uncle Uchendu.
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