Igbo people

leaders, should the bail not be paid, is to be hung. The messengers of the court who tell the people of the bail raise it to 250 so that they can get some money for themselves. The situation is expressed clearly in the message given by the court messengers: “Unless you pay the fine immediately,” said their headman, “we will take your leaders to Umuru before the big white man, and hang them.” (Achebe 265) The people of the clan have power in their cowries, and the white man is demanding it in…

In chapter twenty-four, the six clan leaders are set free, but walk in shame and misery. Furthermore in the chapter, a meeting took place with people arriving from the farthest villages. The meeting addressed that the village needs to take action against the white men even if it’s their own brothers. The meeting is interrupted when five court messengers approach them, forcing the meeting to discontinue…

that can happen to someone. Some people love to have change and explore new ideas and cultures but to others the thought of not having routine and being forced to change terrifies people. Things Fall Apart is a novel about a village that is being overcome with church missionaries trying to convince people to convert to Christianity and leave their traditions behind. In the novel Things Fall Apart the author, Chinua Achebe, recognizes how different types of people deal with change and wanting to…

hardships. Publilius Syrus once said, “Where there is unity there is always victory.” It is wise to stay together and share a common opinion in a large group of people, however, that can be difficult to maintain for a long period of time. Change can alter the mindsets of certain individuals. By seeing different aspects of the world, people tend to find a sense of individuality. Many also start to form their own opinions that can interfere with the thoughts of a group, causing a conflict. In his…

like Ken Saro-Wiwa who was executed by Nigerian state who he had fought for. It was hard to tell the Igbo from any other people from the eastern region, but still the north treated everyone in the east as a target. The killing of Igbo was bad, but mainly because they simply had more people living there at the time, but all people living in the east were marked for slaughter. To call the war an “Igbo Affaire” was wrong as Biafra was supposed to be a prototype of a multi-cultural nation. The…

to the Igbo people. Their dances are chaotic and minimalistic, although they could be seen as energetic and pure. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the Igbo people are portrayed to be primitive through their superstitious punishments, and yet also civilized through their democracy and social hierarchy, therefore supporting the animosity towards stereotypes germane to Africans. The judgement of a culture is too commonly contrived from intolerance and narrow-mindedness. The Igbo people are…

society he was brought up in. Men are judged in Umuofian society by the way they can provide for their families. According to Bloom’s Literature (as cited in Salamone, 2009) “...masculinity [is] the glue that [holds] the Igbo together...reinforced in him because he had no inheritance...Igbo belief in the value of hard work as a means for advancement was reinforced. He had to advance on his own or not at all” (2). Achebe use of yams, a hard crop to grow, as a…

Some background on the novel Things Fall Apart written in 1959 by Chinualumogu Achebe . It takes place in the 1890 's in some Nigerian villages. It speaks of the battle between Nigeria 's white government and traditional culture of Igbo people. The main character Okonkwo is the clan leader in Umofia village. He is the son of Unoka, who Okonkwo believes is an embarrassment because he was lazy. He also believes that is what has given him the drive to be who he is, the motivation to work hard and…

Specifically, they had come to convert the indigenous people to their sacred religion of Christianity, and when the societies of Mbanta and Umuofia had been split, it broke them apart. It caused rifts in families like Okonkwo’s, when his son Nwoye came home and revealed that he had converted. Okonkwo…

are given by gender. These customs and beliefs restrict the freedom of Ibo woman and help to reinforce generation after generation the thought that Ibo men are superior to women. Considering the feminist and the masculine lenses that represent the people in the village, it becomes helpful to interpret how men are viewed in a different perspective compared to women. In the novel, many women are abused and mistreated. This can be seen when Okonkwo told his oldest wife that Ikemefuna…