Global Journal of Human-Social Science, A: Arts and Humanities, Volume 22 Issue 4

© 2022. Dr. Ndeye Ba. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. From Local Fabulation to Worldwide Celebration: Foregrounding Indigeneity in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart By Dr. Ndeye Ba Ryerson University Abstract- This article studies the use of Igbo language and cosmology in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. It analyses how, by making the Igbo language and culture share the literary space with the narratorial English, Achebe un-silences and centers indigenous voices in his novel. It shows how Achebe challenges a Western-centered hermeneutic of life as he captures and realizes, on the page, the world as it is for the Igbo. Looking at the plurilingual capabilities of both the narrator and the characters, this paper analyzes how a local Igbo fabulation leads to a worldwide celebration. Keywords: igbo cosmology, indigeneity, language, plurilingualism, identity, colonialism. GJHSS-A Classification: DDC Code: 302.222 LCC Code: BL604.B64 FromLocalFabulationtoWorldwideCelebrationForegroundingIndigeneityinChinuaAchebesThingsFallApart Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: A Arts & Humanities - Psychology Volume 22 Issue 4 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: