Another take on Achebe/Conrad's battle on racism as the "Heart

of Darkness"

Link to post-imperial and post-colonial Literature in English:

http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/uk/conrad/conrad1.html

Wanna read "Heart of Darkness" but don't wanna shell out the dough? 

 go to:

http://www.classicreader.com/author.php/aut.16/

Have you ever wanted to link a post-colonialism to a cartoon, but weren't sure how to

do it? One professor of Anthropology, Candice Bradley has done so. Curious George,

anyone? 

" On one level it's a dumb but beloved children's story. On another, it is a

post-colonial parable in which George stands for Africa, and the zookeeper and man

with the yellow hat for benevolent colonizers. George stealing the keys

and liberating the animals is a parable for the decolonization of Africa. From the

middle of this century onward, the African took the keys from the white man and let

himself out of the cage."

This article talks about the setting of the novel, post-colonial critiques of the

novel, gives you links to Edward Said articles, Achebe's critique and Images of

Illness in Africa.

http://www.cx.unibe.ch/ens/cg/africanfiction/conrad/bradley/bradley.html

For all those Rebels out there:

http://title.forbiddenlibrary.com/

Include this quote to link it to the forbidden library:

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of becoming an idea at all" -Oscar Wilde

A copy of Chinua Achebe's "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness"  

 "Heart of Darkness projects the image of Africa as "the other world," the antithesis of Europe

and therefore of civilization, a place where man's vaunted intelligence and

refinement are finally mocked by triumphant beastiality."

This article defines Africa as "the other" and Achebe makes some very strong

arguments about Conrad being a racist! Pretty heated stuff!! 

Link to this website.

http://www.erinyes.org/hod/image.of.africa.html

Have you ever wanted a high schoolers take on Racism in Heart of Darkness? One high school student talks about the "European Mind," Racism,

and Achebe on Conrad's being a bloody racist.

link to this web site:

http://www.literatureclassics.com/essays/918/

Need help understanding "Heart of Darkness" and want to post a question about it?

http://hatteraslight.com/navy/JosephConradhall/live/chat.cgi

http://jollyrogerwest.com/forumdisplay.php?f=25

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