Africa Meets the Caribbean

Malcolm Catwell
Prof. Anita Baksh
English 1100C
November 27, 2012

Africa Meets the Caribbean
When I visited the Queens Museum of Art this weekend, I came crossways a painting entitled Le General Toussaint Enfumé, which performer General Toussaint Wreathed in Smoke. Basically, it is a painting of a corrosive mans head in a blue war jibe befitting of well-nighone of high rank, and that head is surrounded by a pink circle, which is in turn surrounded by a moody square. When I saw the painting, the first survey that came to mind was who this man was and how, if applicable, he fell from power. That phrase, fall from power, triggered a chain of thought in my mind, and all of a sudden, I was thinking about Okonkwo in Achebes Things Fall Apart. Though the twain figures are from different countries and most likely different cartridge clip periods, they still share the common theme of a black man in a position of power who, for some reason or another, fell from that position, either by event or choice.
In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo started off as the prototypical hero character. He was strong, loyal, and a great warrior. He was well-thought-of by all in his village, as I theorize General Toussaint was by all of the citizens of Haiti. However, Okonkwo was not able to last out this kind of character forever.



Throughout the book, his fall from grace is pronounced by event after event, such as assaulting his wife on the Day of Piece. In the end, he could not band with the failure he had become, so he decided to vote out himself. Toussaint LOuverture was a great leader in the fight for Haitian independence, and though he had many a victory, such as the Haitian Rebellion in 1791 and his allegiance with the French ternary years later, he died a broken and betrayed man in a prison cell in France.
Though both(prenominal) men experienced similarly dismal ends to their lives, the way they lived their lives was exclusively different. Where Okonkwo was out for himself and determined to always keep his self-image intact in the...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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