Chinua Achebe claimed this book did not criticize European imperialism, but rather showed that its author was racist.
Chinua Achebe claimed this book did not criticize European imperialism, but rather showed that its author was racist. Rather than distance the author from the character's ideology by having a narrator recount [*] another narrator's story, Achebe claims its author reduces Africa to "props for the break-up of [a]  petty European mind." For 10 points—Marlow recounts a voyage up the Congo in what novella by Joseph Conrad?
Chinua Achebe claimed this book did not criticize European imperialism, but rather showed that its author was racist.
Heart of Darkness