When a topic like racism is left untouched in Heart of Darkness, it means that there was never a problem or a case. However, there is plenty of space to analyze the racism that is inherent throughout the novel: "They are called criminals, and they have outraged the law, as in the exploding shells, an insoluble mystery has come to them from the sea. All their i thin breasts panted together, violently dilated nostrils trembled (46) The natives were enslaved and chained, but Marlow manages to describe them as dangerous savages who are about to rebel the Congolese people The topic of racism shows how ignorant critics are of racism, therefore, failing to recognize the inferiorities used to describe blacks, Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian writer, poet, professor and critic, who focuses on traditional African values ​​during and after the colonial era, called into question the prestige of Heart of Darkness: “And the question is whether in the novel that celebrates this