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Q Chinua Achebe's work evidently portrays a lot of cultural intersections/globalization. The story was obtained and written through the understanding and intimacy of igbo cultures. Igbo communities are able to read and gain a sense of relativism to this text. It is written in English for broad outreach, meaning it was not solely intended for igbo people but for the world to read and gain a sense of understanding of what colonialism and its impacts had on this culture. By taking such intimate and heartbreaking stories of tribes and translating it for the world to read, it reaches broader audiences across the world and creates a sense of understanding. I am sure others who have had ancestors as victims of colonialism can relate to this story, despite it being framed around a tribe that is not theirs. This is because globalization creates relativism and broadens the reach of stories on a universal platform

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The characters in “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe prove that the English language has had a strong influence not only while speaking with individuals of different cultures but also while speaking with local individuals speaking the native languages. For example, even after having several Nigerian languages, the characters do not speak in any of the native languages. The implication here is that there has not been any form of domination of English language to force the Nigerian citizens to speak the language.