Symbolism in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Chimammanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun

SUMMARY

This paper investigated the literary device of symbolism in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Half of a Yellow Sun. It is clear from Achebe's Things Fall Apart that symbolism is a device used to showcase the beauty of African culture and promote cultural artifacts that colonialism has destroyed. Chinua Achebe arouses readers to feel a nostalgia for the original and untainted African way of life where every ocassion and.every experience is symbolic. It explores the Using the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria as a case study, achieve cultural legacy and become a symbol of the African continent. According to Achebe, colonial encroachment into African coastlines is a folly that has robbed the continent of its unique legacy and folk wisdom.