Why a Booktrail?
19th C: This is the story of a remarkable tribal life in Africa and the arrival of the colonialists
Things Fall Apart
What you need to know before your trail
Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan.
But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone – even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, Okonowo takes violent action. Will the great man’s dangerous pride eventually destroy him?
Travel Guide
This book enables you to practically get so close and involved in tribal life that you become one of them. It’s a fascinating insight to see how the tribal system works and how the culture and the carefully interwoven belief systems and values comes into play in every day life. Becoming one of them allows you to see the landscape and their lives through their eyes and it’s a fascinating view.
Where else and how else would you be able to see the way in which they live and work? How they treat their women in their society and how they value marriage and relationships. There will be many aspects of tribal life which you learn about and ones you’ll never have heard of.
We meet proud and traditional Okonowo – this is his village and these his people. This, the Ibo society is strong and built on laws and pride.
Then there’s the arrival of the missionaries who arrive in the second half of the book and show the before and after affect that they have on these people who have lived there for years and who now are being ‘‘invaded’ and told what to do by these newcomers. The building of the church is very symbolic moment in life here. The pride and tradition in the village and tribe is shaken to its very foundations
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