British Hegemony towards Ibo Society as Reflected in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Postcolonial Studies

FASHLY EKA PUTRA, FASHLY EKA PUTRA and Elfiondri, Elfiondri and Femmy, Dahlan (2015) British Hegemony towards Ibo Society as Reflected in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Postcolonial Studies. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The research entitled British Hegemony towards Ibo Society reflected in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Postcolonial Studies discussed British Hegemony taking place in Ibo society, Nigeria. During the British colonial period, the Ibo lived together with the British. The British culture hegemonized Ibo society. The aim was to describe the British hegemony and how the Ibo society responded the hegemony. To attain the aim, the research was held by applying post-colonialism theory with historical approach. The research use descriptive method with close reading technique. The research resulted in that the hegemony of the British existed in the Ibo life in belief, education, politic, and economy aspects. The Christian, the British school, the British government, and the British trade dominated Ibo life and changed the Ibo culture. Dualism appears as the response of Ibo society toward British hegemony. Dualism consists of the acceptance and resistance of Ibo society toward British hegemony. Keyword: Post-colonialism, Hegemony, Resistance, Ibo, Dualism

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