AAAD class 2
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Missionary In Africa
Constitute
Things fall apart reading.
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Setting
 Nigeria – West Africa.
 200 ethnic communities and languages
 Yoruba – protestants, west
 Igbo – Catholics, east
 Hausa – Muslims, North
Chapter 1 Summary
 Okonkwo is a respected man in the nine villages
 18 defeated Amalinze the Cat and brought respect to village
 He gained the respect of the village and lead to conflict between former dad
 Chapter 2
 Wife and children work with him everyday
 Village life: Banboo bed, palm-oil lamp
 Ogene of the town crier.
 Meeting place – market
 War and magic. Priestess and men
 Okonkwo compound. 3 huts for 3 wives. Barn at end, shed for goats. Fence of red earth
 Chapter 3
 Unoka is struggle with father. Lazy and needs to work harder. People who dies that way are not
allowed to be married and will dies. Lots of debts
 Okonkwo needs to work extra hard and support family. Hard worker, but only keeps 1/3 of the
harvest
 Survive the season would make it better for him later on.
 Igobo traditional religion
Themes: Money is power, masculinity
Worked harder to get a higher position in society. He was okay with the war and thought that Okonkwo
Was not as masculine as he should be was supposed to be
 Farming, Okonkwo and growing things in society
 Position of Women
 Agbala. Woman and man no title
 Shut up his wife and how long he stay
 Woman inherited
 Success measured by number of wives, Okonkwo 3 wives
 Women knealt to drink wine
 Chapter 4 success
 Sacrifice and week of peace.
Chapter 21 cummary
 Mr. Brown retrained converts from provoking clan
 Trading store
 School
 Listened and learned from Akunna
 Nwoye is now Isaac and training college for teachers
 Okonkwo’s return not quite as envisioned. Shiny new things.
Chapter 22 Summary
 Reverend James Smith replaces Mr.Brown and disapproves of tolerant policies.
 Need to burn down the church.
Chapter 23 Summary
 Okonkwo upset clan didn’t agree to kill or drive the Christians away
 Burn down the church, District commissioners agree and arrest them
Chapter 14
 Okonkwo was solemn not vengeful
 Head messenger showed up from the court. Beheads messenger.
Chapter 25
 District commissioner goes to compound and finds that Okonkwo was dead by hanging.
 Regards these people as a chapter in his book.
Arrest humiliated
 Called for them to be arrested. Armed with machetes. HQ by the DC
Killed
 Messenger and stabbed and killed
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AAAD study for class test Exam review
Chinua achebe: Post colonial African writers
 Historical biography
Chinua achebe: African literature as a celebration
Chinua Achebe: Things fall apart
 Religion
 Masculinity
 Tradition
 Why question
 Role of women encima kailo, three wives
 Sons weren’t matchng expectation of Okonkwo Nwoye
Proverbs
Beck, Texts on textiles
 Kanga
 Women writing stuff in textiles to take shots
Flame
 What did she name baby, child of war
 2 main character- liberty and flame
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 Florence, Nyasha
 High level officials
 Revolutionary leader vs educational split
 He snitched and burned
West, Carl. Wind of change, decolonization in Africa
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Chapter 1 Nervous Condition
Strong woman, fight against resistance, nhambo was able to go to school Superiority
Tambu hate everyone because they mean
Western education
Chapter 3 Nervous Condition
 Tambu is upset cause eat in kitchen with women
 Go to dance, separation between the women and the men, tambu is upset because of the difference
between the family and separation. The children and the family are separate. Propose solution by
education of the male child over the female.
 Cut to 1968, the kid died mysteriously and died from a neck pain. Offer comfort through Christianity
and evil spirits are at work
 Themes of tradition and Men vs. women. Women eat in kitchen separate from men, no stake in
financial matters
 Discussion- Tambu like the task of carrying the water dis because of the water being seprerate.
 Offended by Nyasha and the dance as she is a woman and no interest in women. Only saw tambu as
superior as he was a man.
Chapter 4 Nervous Conditions
 Car to missionary school, excited, as they can leave the circumstances, and worries about how her
life will be, has a bookcase and everything. Babamukuru is a blessing. Most of the missionaries live
in white houses and most of the black live in unpainted brick buildings.
 Wealthier in babmukuru live in cars, only here because brother died. Nasha greets her and is
unimpressed as possible where she can judge her brother less harshly. House is heaven.
 Nasha has bad manners. Takes Tambu to the room sleeping in, not reading the book. Shows new
clothes and toiletries.
 Colonialism, self doubt, wealth
 Culture shock, expected it wealthy, how much money. Jusdged her brother as understands him
more. Lavish household, resent old culture, don’t want to end up like him though.
 Anglicised, take in much more of the culture then her mom has.
Celebration of mllet beer, Mahewa unfermented mash, dancing-hosho in a cirlce