About the Novel
The author of Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
Okonkwo's father
Unoka
How Okonkwo got his first seed yams
Nwakibie, a man with 9 wives and 30 children, gave them to him
One's chi is their...
personal god/god agent
Where Things Fall Apart takes place
Nigeria
Okonkwo's eldest son
Nwoye
How Okonkwo's first harvest went
It was a disaster.
This is broken as part of a welcoming ritual
Kola nut
The ethnic group Things Fall Apart portrays
The Igbo
The boy from Mbaino who comes to live with Okonkwo
Ikemefuna
What Okonkwo did to disrupt Peace Week
He beat his third wife
The villagers in the novel believe in many gods meaning they are...
polytheistic
Things Fall Apart is categorized as this genre
Historical fiction
Okonkwo's first and oldest wife
Nwoye's mother
How Okonkwo became famous
He threw Amalinze the Cat in a fierce wrestling match.
A dry, dusty season in parts of Africa
Harmattan
When Things Fall Apart takes place
The 1890s
Okonkwo's third and youngest wife
Ojiugo
The reason Ikemefuna came to live with Okonkwo
His father played a part in the killing of a woman from Umuofia; he was given to Umuofia to prevent an inter-tribal war.
In Things Fall Apart, a man's success is demonstrated through these things
How many wives and children he has, how many crops he grows, and how many titles he has earned.