Igbo Culture In Things Fall Apart

In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, the colonization of Igbo culture was due to the lack of education and religion which was overpowered by the white people who were more intellectual than the Igbo people . When Achebe’s protagonist Okonkwo returned to his village, he saw how the village that he once ruled over was now taken by a superior group. This was shown when there was an introduction to new beliefs, intelligence, and a strategy that lead to the downfall of Igbo culture. The overall end of Igbo culture and religion was caused by the overrule by a stronger and more developed class of people. When people are introduced to new things, they may see it as strange but then start to adapt to the new subject. Achebe writes about this on page 176 stating, “The white man is very clever. He comes quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused by foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he won our brothers, and our clan no longer acts like one” This demonstrates how it was Obierika's peoples’ fault for letting the white …show more content…
This is proven in an introduction to new beliefs, similarities, and force that lead to the downfall of Igbo culture.In the beginning, Umofia was a strong village,”Umuofia was feared by all its neighbors. It was powerful in war and in magic, and its priests and medicine men were feared in all the surrounding country. Its most potent war medicine was as old as the clan itself.” However, in the end the once dominant tribe was now a different clan than the one Okonkwo used to know,”Okonkwo made a sound full of disgust. This was a womanly clan, he thought. Such a thing could never happen in his fatherland, Umuofia.” These pieces of evidence show the change in the villages ways from strong and manly to an effeminate tribe compared to how it used to be. With that it comes to mind, what if the Igbo people didn't get