Things Fall Apart
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Things Fall Apart | title |
| Chinua Achebe | author |
| 1890's Umuofia | setting |
| Okonkwo | fierce warrior, tragic protagonist |
| Unoka | musician, drinker, debtor |
| Oracle | makes decisions for villagers |
| Ikemefuna | sent to Umuofia from Mbaino to avoid war |
| Nwoye | prefers mother's stories, early convert to Christianity |
| Ezinma | spirited, favorite child |
| Feast of the yam | great celebration |
| cowrie | money |
| Week of Peace | Okonkwo punished for beating his wife during this time |
| Chielo | priestess |
| locusts | insects that come every 17 years; eaten by villagers |
| killed Ikemefuna | Okonkwo |
| Obierika | Okonkwo's best friend |
| bride price | dowry |
| iron horse | bicycle |
| Ekwefi | second wife; mother of Ezinma |
| iyi-uwa | stone that must be destroyed for the child to live |
| iba | fever |
| uri ceremony | betrothal or engagement ceremony |
| Uchendu | Okonkwo's uncle |
| Abame | village destroyed by Christians |
| osu | outcasts |
| Mr.Brown | kind missionary |
| Mr.Smith | malevolent missionary |
| egwugwu | a masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village |
| District Commissioner | imprisons the leaders of the clan for burning the church |
| valor | courage in battle |
| resignation | lack of resistance |
| elude | avoid; evade |
| Mbanta | place of Okonkwo's exile |
| Enoch | killed and ate the sacred python |
| Nigeria | current name of country where the book takes place |
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