1. Book Analysis - The Road
Even after the de-colonization of Africa, the boundaries of the newly born states drawn with no regard to tribal lands and the European and American companies that own the majority of Africa's most resourceful land, are reminders that a form of imperialism still exists. ... The same idea of de-humanization of the Africans is present throughout Heart of Darkness as well, where the natives of the Congo are repeatedly called "savages." ... A good example of this is the Ogoni tribe in Nigeria whose lands were taken and exploited by American and Scandinavian oil companies. About two thirds o...