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Indigenous Parallels: Re-reading Things Fall Apart Through a Pre-Christian Zeliangrong Lens

Author(s) Mr. Langongam Kamei
Country India
Abstract This article reinterprets Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) through the cosmological, ritual, and social frameworks of the pre-Christian Zeliangrong peoples of Northeast India. Drawing on Kahmei (2023) and Kamei (1999, 2004, 2010), it examines structural parallels between Igbo and Zeliangrong worlds, including ancestor veneration, ritual authority, kinship governance, and responses to colonial disruption. While Achebe depicts Umuofia’s collapse under missionary and colonial influence, a Zeliangrong comparative lens highlights adaptive continuity, ritual resilience, and ecological ethics. This cross-indigenous approach emphasizes relational morality, decentralized governance, and communal cohesion as core indigenous logics, revealing that the novel’s tragedy is historically specific rather than universally representative. By juxtaposing Igbo cosmology with Zeliangrong practices, the study situates Things Fall Apart within a trans-indigenous discourse of moral, spiritual, and ecological order. It underscores the diversity of indigenous experiences, demonstrating that responses to colonial disruption encompassed both disintegration and continuity, thereby broadening the interpretive possibilities of Achebe’s work.
Keywords Achebe; Igbo; Zeliangrong; Indigenous cosmology; Colonial disruption
Field Arts
Published In Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-15
DOI https://doi.org/10.63363/aijfr.2025.v06i06.2494
Short DOI https://doi.org/hbf94d
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