Changing Dynamics in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

There is an ecological crisis in the contemporary world. In order to trace the beginning of the ecological disaster, this paper goes back to early 20th century. This paper analyses Chinua Achebe‟s novel Things Fall Apart through eco-critical lens. It is an attempt to study the Igbo religion which was a nature loving and nature dependent religion. With the advent of missionaries in the village of Umuofia, there is complete disruption of the Igbo social culture and religion. British were successful in setting their colonies in the Igbo land in the guise of trade and religion. Christian rulers tell them that man is at the center and nature is at periphery. Ignorant Igbos started losing their faith in their religion and natural deities which marks the beginning of disintegration of Igbo religion and ecological degradation.