In Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo describes how the effects of British colonialism and Christianity drastically changed the Igbo culture. As the British missionaries moved into the villagers land so did Christianity, and hereafter cultural values began to change. Examples of these changes were apparent in all aspects of the Igbo people's lives, including their religion, family life, children, and how they viewed the dead. Many of the villagers were upset by the sudden colonization of their culture, but in the end the Igbo people were completely powerless against the white’s and were inept to do anything to reverse the changes that had already taken place in their society.
