Ezeulo had a half brother by name Okeke Onenyi who had a grudge against Ezeulu becoming the Chief Priest of Umuaro. Ezeulu did not invite him for the ritual of the Covering-Up sacrifice for Obeka’s wife and allowed a worthless medicine man to perform the ritual. This itself proves that Ezeulu did certain acts of rituals because of social obligation and concern for his clan. It is because in the Ibo community parenthood is not a private concern and that is why he does not allow his half brother Okake Onenyi to perform the ceremony because in the community there existed a loud talk that he alone was responsible in the typing up the womb of Ezeulu’s first wife after she had borne him only three children. Further, such a man indulging in
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His comment on their companionship is in the manner “those two? he once asked, ‘a derelict mortar and a rotten palm nuts’ (148). Inspite of having all those differences Ezeulu did not drive his sons away form his quarters. This proves the fact that he believes in continuity and cohesion. The purpose of Ezeulu sending this son Oduche was to get to know about the secrets and wisdom of the white. Ironically Oduche fell an easy prey to the temptation of Moses Unachukwu, a Christian convert of Ibo communit. He was sent to Umuaro to build a church and then a new teacher Mr. Goodcountry on the matter of teaching them about the sacred python told them that the convert in the name of the God and The Bible had to kill the python, a best of ill omen. Odeche knew that the royal python is sacred to Idemeli and punished Umuama “from the day the six villages decreed that henceforth anyone who killed the python would be regarded as having killed his kinsmen” (48). Still he took up two python, a big and a small one that lived entirely in his mother’s hut and put them in a box. This was an act of sacrilege and Ezeulu was distributed very much on this score. The very purpose of sending him
His comment on their companionship is in the manner “those two? he once asked, ‘a derelict mortar and a rotten palm nuts’ (148). Inspite of having all those differences Ezeulu did not drive his sons away form his quarters. This proves the fact that he believes in continuity and cohesion. The purpose of Ezeulu sending this son Oduche was to get to know about the secrets and wisdom of the white. Ironically Oduche fell an easy prey to the temptation of Moses Unachukwu, a Christian convert of Ibo communit. He was sent to Umuaro to build a church and then a new teacher Mr. Goodcountry on the matter of teaching them about the sacred python told them that the convert in the name of the God and The Bible had to kill the python, a best of ill omen. Odeche knew that the royal python is sacred to Idemeli and punished Umuama “from the day the six villages decreed that henceforth anyone who killed the python would be regarded as having killed his kinsmen” (48). Still he took up two python, a big and a small one that lived entirely in his mother’s hut and put them in a box. This was an act of sacrilege and Ezeulu was distributed very much on this score. The very purpose of sending him