cultural displacement
In Chinua Achebe's stories, themes of African identity, colonialism, and cultural clash are often explored. His works shed light on the impact of colonization on African societies and the struggle for cultural preservation.
In Leslie Marmon Silko's stories, themes of Native American identity, tradition, and spirituality are prevalent. Her works often incorporate elements of Pueblo mythology and address the challenges faced by Native communities in a modern world while emphasizing the importance of connection to land and heritage.
The stories of Achebe and Silko reflect family disintegration
instruct.
Achebe makes use of traditional African proverbs and stories.
teach a lesson
Achebe shows the deep culture of the native Nigerians before the colonists arrive, a broad collection of stories and tales shared verbally from generation to generation.
They often introduce oral stories, such as narrative proverbs, song-tales, myths, folktales, fairy tales, animal fables, anecdotes, and ballads into their stories.
Chinua Achebe has 4 children
Both Achebe and Silko believe that stories serve the purpose of preserving cultural heritage and passing down intergenerational knowledge. They see storytelling as a way to connect individuals to their cultural roots and to communicate important values and traditions within their communities.
It suggests that Achebe does not feel that animals are respected enough by modern society, and that the use of stories involving them has not passed well enough to the future generations.
Unoka found the answer to why his crops were not successful.
Achebe - comics - was created in 1998.
Chinua Achebe has 4 children