“An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”

Target entity: “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”
Context triple: [Hopes and Impediments, hasPart, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”]

• A. “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature”
  “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” is a seminal critical essay by Toni Morrison that examines how Black writers and racialized perspectives have been marginalized, erased, and yet structurally central within the American literary canon.
• B. Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
  Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is Toni Morrison’s influential critical study examining how constructions of Blackness shape the themes, characters, and narratives of canonical American literature.
• C. The Novel in Africa
  "The Novel in Africa" is a reflective chapter in J.M. Coetzee’s *Elizabeth Costello* that explores the nature, challenges, and responsibilities of writing fiction on and about the African continent.
• D. Black Skin, White Masks
  Black Skin, White Masks is a seminal 1952 work of anti-colonial theory and psychoanalysis in which Frantz Fanon examines the psychological effects of racism and colonialism on Black identity.
• E. The Language of African Literature
  "The Language of African Literature" is an influential essay by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques the use of colonial languages in African writing and advocates for the promotion of indigenous African languages in literature.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”
Target entity description: “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” is Chinua Achebe’s influential critical essay that denounces Joseph Conrad’s novella for its dehumanizing portrayal of Africans and entrenched racist attitudes.

• A. “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature”
  “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” is a seminal critical essay by Toni Morrison that examines how Black writers and racialized perspectives have been marginalized, erased, and yet structurally central within the American literary canon.
• B. Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
  Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is Toni Morrison’s influential critical study examining how constructions of Blackness shape the themes, characters, and narratives of canonical American literature.
• C. The Novel in Africa
  "The Novel in Africa" is a reflective chapter in J.M. Coetzee’s *Elizabeth Costello* that explores the nature, challenges, and responsibilities of writing fiction on and about the African continent.
• D. Black Skin, White Masks
  Black Skin, White Masks is a seminal 1952 work of anti-colonial theory and psychoanalysis in which Frantz Fanon examines the psychological effects of racism and colonialism on Black identity.
• E. The Language of African Literature
  "The Language of African Literature" is an influential essay by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques the use of colonial languages in African writing and advocates for the promotion of indigenous African languages in literature.
• F. None of above. chosen