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An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
- The Massachusetts Review
- Massachusetts Review, Inc.
- Volume 57, Number 1, Spring 2016
- pp. 14-27
- 10.1353/mar.2016.0003
- Article
- Additional Information
Chinua Achebe’s Chancellor’s Lecture “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” delivered February 18, 1975, at the University of Massachusetts. Achebe discusses the racist portrayal of Africans in Heart of Darkness and challenges the novel’s reputation as “a great work of art”.