Igbo people

The downfall of the Igbo society was represented in Things Fall Apart. The Igbo is a society that lives mainly in Southern Nigeria. The Igbo are the second largest group of people living in Southern Nigeria. There were many things that lead to both the historical downfall, and the downfall of the Igbo society portrayed in Things Fall Apart. Both downfalls of the Igbo have similarities and differences. How accurate was the depiction of the Igbo downfall in reality portrayed in Things Fall…

comprehend. Now, in the novel, “Things Fall Apart”, Chinua Achebe focuses and emphasis on the cultural aspects that are altered during pre and post colonialism. One of the cultural aspects that is disturbed is the Igbo religion. On the arrival, the missionaries immediately try to belittle the Igbo tribe simply because they don’t understand their beliefs. To specify, the tribe practices polytheism, the worship of many Gods. This belief also includes their chi or their person as it states on…

The Igbo tribe are people living in southeastern Nigeria. Just like any other tribe, they have their own culture. Parts of the Igbo tribe’s culture consists of their religion, gender roles, and housing conditions. As part of their religion, the Igbo people believe in many different Gods and spirits. Their religion “includes belief in a creator god (Chukwu), an earth goddess (Ala), and numerous other deities and spirits as well as a belief in ancestors who protect their living descendants”…

white men knew of their religion and customs of the land (“Does the white man understand our custom about land?”[Obierika] Page 151). When the White Men first came to Umuofia, The Igbo tribe did not accept them, but some of their perspectives were changed by their song and speech. This is just one example of how the people of the tribe were going to turn on each other and make things worse between…

Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, raises the question whether Christianity and British colonization had a unifying or disruptive impact on the Igbo community. Initial reading suggests to the reader that the influence of Christianity produced only a negative impact on the Igbo since the British colonists took over the Igbo community’s way of life, government, and disposed of their religious-cultural traditions in order to build Christian traditions. However, under the surface the missionaries of…

Things Fall Apart, by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is a novel centered around the Nigerian Igbo culture during Nigeria’s British colonization in the 1800s. The novel published in 1958, is a broad, and objective illustration of the Igbo culture. Achebe also provides an insight into the prevailing Western perspective at the time during which colonialism was at it’s peak. One of Chinua Achebe’s primary motivations which led him to writing the novel, Things Fall Apart was the slanted perspective of…

consider it immoral. Despite the widespread condemnation of suicide, it is the 15th leading cause of death in the world¹. The Igbo culture has such disdain for suicide that they will not touch the body nor give it a proper burial. Though Okonkwo prided himself on being a strong Igbo man, he ended up committing one of the most taboo acts - suicide. As explained by one of the Igbo men, “‘It is an abomination for a man to take his own life. It is an offense against the Earth, and a man who commits…

taught is that of the “winner”. When looking at all cases of colonization, the same holds true, and the colonists view on the subject is the most often told. These colonists have portrayed the people of Africa as savages and people without pasts and personalities, yet they characterize themselves as very deep people with long histories. Yet, when taking a deeper look into the actuality and the extreme biases, a different, much more tragic and true story appears. Here enters Chinua Achebe, a…

emphasizes the Igbo culture using many themes including religion, fear, traditions, customs, and family. He portrays their culture with both positive and negative elements. Those people who are a part of the Igbo…

preachings of the new religion and the people that practice it are pacifistic and gentle whereas Okonkwo’s ideals are rather violent and self destructive. The contrast of the two demonstrates the affront Okonkwo feels towards the rapid transition to western ideologies. The westernisation of Okonkwo’s society emphasises Achebe’s main message of change and how it isn’t always good as evidenced through Okonkwo’s reactions and consequent decline, and the fading of the Igbo culture into a new one.…