Unit
What is the tone of “How to Write About Africa” by Binyavanga Wainaina?
sarcastic
“.... was clearly cut out for great things. He was still young and had won fame as the greatest wrestler in the nine villages” (Achebe 8).
Okonkwo
How does Okonkwo know that the men of Umuofia won't fight the missionaries?
They let the messengers escape
Define chi
personal god
This character prefers his mother's stories
Nwoye
What is Binyavanga Wainaina’s purpose and/or message in writing “How to Write About Africa”?
People write about Africa as if only savages live there and it lacks civilization, but that is incorrect.
“was poor and his wife and children had barely enough to eat” (Achebe 5).
Unoka
Why is Okonkwo exiled from Umuofia for seven years?
His gun misfires at Ezeudu’s funeral, killing one of Ezeudu's sons
Define Ogbanje
a changeling; a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn
Killed Ikemefuna because he was afraid of appearing weak
Okonkwo
What is Adichie’s message and purpose in delivering her TedTalk on “The Single Story”?
Adichie believes that single stories and stereotypes are harmful because they are incomplete and emphasize how we are different rather than how we are the same.
Who does "he" refer to in this quote: “As he walked back to the court he thought about that book. Every day brought him some new material” (Achebe 208).
District Commissioner
What does Okonkwo do before he leaves Mbanta?
He hosts a feast
Define egwugwu
a masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village (wears a mask)/ act as judges
Okonkwo's daughter who "should have been a boy"
Ezinma
When did Achebe write Things Fall Apart?
1950s -- Push for Nigerian Independence
Who says the following quote: “We should have killed the white man if you had listened to me”
Okonkwo
Name at least two ways the white men change Umuofia’s customs
Define osu
outcast
How does Nwakibie help Okonkwo?
Gives him seed yams when Okonkwo was starting out
How did Europeans rationalize/justify Colonialism?
Christianity
Commerce
Civilization
Who is described as an “ill-fated lad” (Achebe 8)
Ikemefuna
What happens after Enoch unmasks an egwugwu?
The egwugwu burn down his house and the church. Okonkwo and six men are jailed.
Define ozo
the name of one of the titles/ranks
This character is more patient with the Ibo people. He tries to understand their customs in order to control them.
Mr. Brown