“A Conrad student informed me in Scotland that Africa is merely a setting for the disintegration of the mind of Mr. Kurtz. Which is partly the point. Africa as setting and backdrop which eliminates the African as human factor. Africa as a metaphysical battlefield devoid of all recognizable humanity,…”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.comTagged: Joseph Conrad, Africa, Heart of Darkness, Colonel Kurtz, Dehumanization