... . Therefore, we can say that he seems to be realistic in most of what he mentioned in his novel, because of his knowledge of his own country. Joseph Conrad, born in Ukraine in 1857, is the author of Heart of Darkness. He wrote it following a six-month trip to Congo. This allows us to suspect what he mentioned in his novel regarding Africa and Africans. Many critics say that Achebe composed his novel Things ... that Africa is the place of darkness by showing Umuofians' fear of night, because it holds evil "spirits" and "dangerous animals become even more sinister and uncanny in the dark."...

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