Achebe
- Born in 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria
- Christian upbringing
- Multicultural Background
Igbo Culture
- Southeastern Nigeria
- Igbo vocab in text
- "agbala"= "woman" or "man with no titles"
- "Umuofia kwenu"= "United Umuofia"
- "osugo"= "low status person"
- "enzinma"= "true beauty"
Characters:
- Okonkwo- central character
- Unoka- Okonkwo's father
- Nwoye- OK's oldest son, son of his first wife
- Ikemefuna- OK's "adopted" son
- Ekwefi- OK's second and probably favorite wife out of the three
- Ezinma- OK's daughter, daughter of Ekwefi
- Nwakibie- an elder who gives OK his first yam seeds to start his life
- Obieka- OK's best friend but polar opposite
- Ezeuda- an elder who gives OK advice about Ikemefuma
- Uchendu- OK's uncle
- Mr. Brown- British missionary
- Rev. Mr. Smith- a British government official and judge
Division of parts (setting)
- Umuofia: things in place, with OK as representative of his culture
- Mbanta: things out of place, with OK in exile
- Umuofia: things begin to fall apart
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