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Igbo people are among the largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria
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Igbo people are among the largest and
most influential ethnic groups
in Nigeria
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Igbo are mostly farmers. Their most important crop is the yam. celebrations are held annually to
celebrate its harvesting.
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Raised by Christian parents.
He looked to Europe and
America for aid he returned to the us in the 90’s after a
car accident.
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Things fall apart was his first novel. The novel concerns the life of
Okonkwo, a leader and local wrestling champion. Talks about his life and
family
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• Umuofia is one of nine villages.
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Okonkwo’s whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of
failure and of weakness, and the
fear that he will resemble his father.He has three wives
and 8 children.
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Ekwefi is Okonkwo's second wife who has had trouble having children. She
loves her only surviving child, daughter Ezinma.
Ezinma is the sickly daughter of Okonkwo and Ekwefi. She is Okonkwo’s
favorite child,
Nwoye is Okonkwo's eldest son. He is not very much like his father and is more interested in the stories his
mother tells than in stories of war.
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the most populous country in the world in
which the majority of the population is black. It is a
regional power