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In this essay I will be talking about the book Things Fall Apart , as well as West Africa and Sundiata (Sunjata . I will look at the unique personal relationships among the people in West Africa , and how this affected the economy and trade , especially following the infiltration of the Europeans in 1450 . In analyzing the book Things Fall Apart ' I will further look at a fictional , but poignantly portrayed , story of life and death and drama in West Africa in the late nineteenth century I will discuss the role of women in the

book , the role of religion , and the decision-making process

The book Things Fall Apart ' was published in 1958 and written by Chinua Achebe as a college work . Mr . Achebe was actually born in , and grew up in , a village in Nigeria . However , the book was set in the 1890s , so the story in the book was not written as any kind of a memory of Mr . Achebe . The book is both entertaining and informative about tribal relations in West Africa

There is a unique relationship between the people of the tropical rainforest , the savannah (sudan , the Sahara Desert , and the Mediterranean coast of Africa in the period down to 1450 CE . The savannah in West Africa is a climate and vegetation zone with grass and some trees . In the savannah horses could survive . This caused the people in the savannah to form empires . In the rain forests horses could not survive . Across the Sahara Desert , trade was conducted by the use of caravans . A caravan was a source of trade across the desert . It took place mostly between Arabs and West Africans . Caravans were initially comprised of donkeys , but later came to be made up of camels Finally , the people on the coast traded with the Europeans the things that were brought from the interior of Africa , as well as things found along the coast

Certain patters of trade and cultural influence existed in these areas during this time period . After 1450 when Europeans settled along the Western coast of Africa , more Africans moved to that area . Slaves and gold were big moneymakers in the coastal villages . The people in the book Things Fall Apart ' lived in the coastal rain forest . Gold was mostly mined along the Gold Coast , and along the coast Africans would also help the European slave trade . They would go into the interior of Africa and bring other Africans out to be sold into slavery Some coastal Africans were thus able to become rich from the pay they received from the Europeans . Many Africans died in the process of being transported within Africa , and many also died during the boat transport after they left Africa

Although the role of women in Things Fall Apart ' is limited and mostly submissive , there is a certain power of women in the book . When Chielo decreed the death of Ikemefuna she may have had a female motive for it . Normally she is a widow and a very...