Image of Africa

I think Achebe highlights a fact that is utterly true. There are things so deeply engrained as normal that people just don't notice them. In simple examples I can think of all of the "you throw like a girl", "you punch like a girl", "don't be such a girl", expressions that have woven their way into simple language. Every example that Achebe gave highlights this inherent, not even subtle, racism is very telling of a racist image of Africa. It's the simple things that need to be noticed in order for people to begin to realize and fix the (most often) unintentional mistakes that end up creating hate and ignorance.