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Okonkwo’s son, joins Christianity, Okonkwo believes he is weak and unworthy, feels outcasted from community Ezinma: Okonkwo’s favorite kid, understanding, Okonkwo wishes she was a boy Mr. Brown: White missionary, brings peace and understanding to the Igbo people, builds schools and hospitals 4. List of Minor Characters: Ekwefi: Second wife of Okonkwo, mother of Ezinma, ran away from first husband Reverend James Smith: Replaces Mr. Brown, strict, wipes away culture and tradition Obeirka:

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the Igbo culture was diminished by the spread of Christianity whom the white man began to scatter throughout the Igbo community. This expansion was not controversial to the Igbo people at first until the Igbo people actually saw the missionaries bad intentions. The Igbo people can relate to the Native Americans in such way that both were forced to adapt to new religious beliefs, they had to face the fact that the white men were superior and had to deal with

village named Umuofia of the Igbo tribe by allowing his audience to read how European colonization extinguished the Igbo culture and what roles the village members played. However, if Achebe would have written his novel during the sixteenth century, as an Aztec man during the Spaniards colonization of Mexico, women would be viewed differently, success would be given a different context, and the Igbo culture would be portrayed divergently. Achebe interprets the Igbo culture through the perspective

African people, the Igbo tribe specifically, as the main subject. From the title itself, one can say that the writer has an unfavorable bias against his subject. But come to think of it, there are many factors why it would be impossible for the District Commissioner to write an accurate description of the culture he's trying to write about. How can he do so when he knows very little

missionaries. The missionaries ridicule Igbo culture due to their belief in preconceived stereotypes that assume Africans are helpless and needy. In an effort to combat such stereotypes, Achebe’s purpose in writing Things Fall Apart is to normalize African identity by incorporating various universal and mundane aspects of Igbo culture, including oral tradition in the form of proverbs, cultural tradition, and familial relationships. As Achebe portrays Igbo culture in a relatable way, he includes

In Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart, the reader is able to understand the complexity that is the Igbo village through their many different customs. The reader is also able to humanize the Africans through their strong desire to hold on to their culture, that is being ripped away from them by the Europeans. This can be seen as European writers such as, Joseph Conrad in Hearts of Darkness, falsely interprets African people, taking away their culture. Therefore, Chinua Achebe’s political purpose

drastic changes to the Ibo community. The Igbo society was better off before Christianity was introduced into their community. Before the religion Christianity, the Igbo society was a structured community with their own costume and believes. They had their own Gods and a own religion that they believed in. The ibo society is sceptical about change that is why they don't send their children to school so they don't have a chance to learn another language except for their mother tongue.They had their

tribal customs, traditions, and languages are the losses to

his children or wife, when in reality this may be a custom of their culture, and is not cruel but different. In Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, the made-up Umuofia is an African clan that is home to people who have customs, traditions, and languages that are not familiar to Westerners. Instead of completely ignoring the qualities that make this clan so special, the author is able to incorporate their culture and lifestyle into the novel. The cultural hints are worked seamlessly into the story

When the Ebola Virus broke out in Nigeria two years ago, the fear in which we lived, knowing that even a handshake from the wrong person could move our legs to kick the bucket, was almost too palpable. People, including my closest friends and family, refrained from hugs and handshakes —which I have always seen as a reflection of love — Simply because they didn't want to die. Although their sentiments maintained a righteous level of Validity, it always made me feel Uneasy. So Uneasy that I sought