![]() ![]() Brantlinger also shows how scientists saw the Africans as a separate species to humans and that Africans were thought to be animals. His discussion of the explorer’s stance illustrates how the explorers exploited Africa and destroyed its people because the explorers saw the Africans as a sub-race of savages who had little to no importance. It was hence seen that the abolitionists too, were treating the Africans as inferior. ![]() According to Brantlinger the abolitionist stance (despite its good intentions) pitied the Africans and tried to fight for the Africans, but at the same time it did not occur to them that Africans were also intelligent people who could fight their own battles. Hence, one can see how Achebe was a strong believer in the “Postcolonial Theory” whereby he mostly challenged but also reflected upon modern European colonisation.īrantlinger’s paper discusses the different views on colonisation by explaining five differents stances taken. Heart of Darkness, therefore displaced the Africans in the novel instead of them seeming good and familiar, they were distanced from the reader. ![]()
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