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| Protagonist, well-respected man in Umuofia, 3 wives, 2 barns full of yams, banished after he accidentally kills Ogbuefi Ezeudu's son, hangs himself and he kills messenger |
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Okonkwo's Oldest son,
lazy/weak,
Okonkwo beats him,
influenced by Ikemefuna to become more manly,
converts to Christianity in order to figure out why Ikemefuna dies, and to rebel agains Okonkwo's ways |
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Given to Umuofia by Mbaino, Okonkwo takes care of him,
establishes a strong relationship with Nwoye, Oracle says he must die and Okonkwo slashes him down |
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Okonkwo's friend, sells Okonkwo's yams when he is gone, Maduka's father; more thoughtful than Okonkwo
Why does Okonkwo have to suffer from an accidental crime? |
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Ekwefi’s daughter
Okonkwo’s favorite
Ogbaje: child who repetitively dies and repetitively dies in the womb
Obiageli calls her salt
Crystal of Beauty |
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Ibo missionary who was converted and controls church in Mbanta
Converts Nwoye |
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| White missionary who is in charge, maintains the main church in Iguedo, gets sick and has to leave, humane, respectful, liked by Umuofia (liked by all tribe), listens, compassionate |
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| Replaces Mr. Brown, strict and uncompromising, stereotypical white colonialist; promotes conflict within tribe |
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Current priestess
Elder in tribe
Oracle
Channels Agbala
Takes Ezinma to the cave because she is sick |
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| Okonkwo's lazy, gentle, and idle father, debtor, good flute player, scared of blood, failure, not buried: abominated |
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Okonkwo's second wife, Ezinma's mother
Left first husband to be with Okonkwo
Beaten by Okonkwo
9/10 kids have died
Beautiful |
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Umofian convert
Disrespected
Egugwu- unmasked
Provokes them to burn down church
Kills sacred python
Overzealous Christian |
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Parts one and three of the novel
Okonkwo fatherland
Powerful war medicine
9 villages
Yams |
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Okonkwo Motherland
Seven years exile
Okonkwo seas them as weak / feminine |
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Neighboring tribe
Ikemifuna is from here
Kill daughter/ Umofia |
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Bodies – outcast, twins, mutilated babies
No one goes in
Christian church built here |
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| a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn. |
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| outcast. Having been dedicated to a god, the osu was taboo and was not allowed to mix with the free born in any way; not allowed to cut their hair; first converts |
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| impersonate ancestral spirits, elders of the village |
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| woman; also used of a man who has take no title (as an insult) |
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