Powwow At The End Of The World Analysis

During interactions with different cultures sometimes they clash and fight against each other. In Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, “Powwow at the End of the World” by Sherman Alexie, and “How to Write about Africa” by Binyavanga Wainaina clashes between cultures result in one culture being lost or replaced by the colonizing one. The colonized culture is lost because the people that made it up have been forced out of their homeland and put somewhere new. In the poem “Powwow at the End of the World”, the narrator sits by a “secret bay on the reservation” showing that narrator has been forced out of their homeland and relocated somewhere else in the country. They still remembered their culture, but they can not go back to their cultural

In the article “How to Write about Africa”, the speaker talks about how you should mention that Africans “eat things no other humans eat” and that “monkey-brain is an African’s cuisine of choice.” This is an example of African culture being replaced by one that the conquering people thought would fit them better. They created this culture to help justify their actions toward the Africans. The speaker also writes about the “corrupt politicians, inept polygamous travel-guides, and prostitutes” that you would encounter when going into Africa. This culture that was spread by the colonizers shows how Africans need their help to make their country become prosperous and not be corrupt. Also, it gives off a false image of Africa and its people are not like what is described by more “civilized” countries. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow was talking with the Russian he talked about how “Kurtz got the tribe to follow him” displaying how Kurtz made the different tribes replace their culture for one that he created for them. Before Kurtz came along they had their own unique culture and he changed that to suit his own needs and beliefs. Mr. Kurtz transformed their culture so that he could rule them and get ivory without them trying to leave or rebel. Also, Marlow talks to the accountant in the station who is teaching a native woman about the station and how she has a “distaste for