Courtesy of Black People

Mbili_Ku_Njanji · Member

Courtesy of Black People

Akhibula · Member

"Okonko was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond, his fame rested on personal achievements. As a young man he brought down Amalinke the cat....." By chinua Achebe

Wow!! you have reminded of the old good English days. That was fun. I just hope you didn't take everything you read literally. Like the hanging of the bicycle, I am sure that just meant to add some flavour to the story. Nice of you though for bringing me back those good memories.

Davidia Nyasulu · Newbie

AT page 28 Achebe wrote as follows

Even in those days Okonkwo was not a man of many words.No sooner had Ekwefi, the mother of Enzinma entered his Obi, in the semi-darkness he started to fumble for the loose end of her cloth....

Things Fall Apart is one of the greatest books on Africa and our cultural progression from being heathens to what we are today.(Winning Oscars even)

Most importantly though the mistake herein lies in that the book is about ma kape a ku West Africa.
We the banthu were better than that .Our foolishness is exemplified in nthano za Kalulu.

The point where I would agree with the main proposer is how as a people we were so weak that we were sold into slavery by the inept Mlozi and company!

While our contemporaries were building fortresses around their kingdoms we were busy hunting and hiding in caves.

We see this intellectuall backwardness ,low self-esteem and general aloofness of mind even today.

Mbili_Ku_Njanji · Member

Nwoye, Okonkwo's son was frequently rebuked for acting womanly. Should we say he was Gay???

Zuze Chilombo Chapamudzi!

Akhibula · Member

Okonko believed that to show any sign of emotion, whether sadness or hapiness, was a sign of weakness..........

Well sometimes I feel that I can relate to that. My face is always neautral.

Tiyo · Newbie

No, Onkonko feared that he son might end up a concubine of Mamie Wata (goddess of water)!

zeze · Newbie

okonkwo was scared of his son growing up like his father....remember okonkwo's father never worked and owed a lot of people, a thing which led to okonkwo being ridiculed by society as he never inherited anything, and he had to work hard to gain his worth and all the tittles he had....so all we can say was okonkwo wanted his son to be a hardworker and not end up like a woman as he would put it.

Mbili_Ku_Njanji · Member

On February 11, 1888 the beginning of the end came when Lobengula signed the Moffat treaty, believing it to be the renewal of a limited treaty signed by Mzilikhazi. This placed Matabeleland directly in the sphere of British influence with a concomitant influx of Europeans.

Here are (some) of the details of the oral part of the treaty. The Europeans approached LOBENGULA and said, "we need some land to cultivate food that will feed both our and your people, but we will need total control of it". Lobengula accepted being a gentleman as he was. But he was clever to tell himself that he is going to give them very little land which was not being used by the villagers. When the Europeans saw him pointing at the area that did not look inviting, they came up with a different plan. They said to Lobengula, "Why don't we make it easy on you". Sure, easy is always good he said. One european pulled out a piece of gum from his pocket and said, "We need you to chew on this gum and do not swallow it, it will slowly disolve in your mouth till completely finished". Lobengula joked with his men, "They want me to chew that small thing, they do not know I finish five plates at a time from my wives". So they all busted into laughter. The Europen said he will take steps to cover the radius of the land he wants and will stop when the gum is completely disolved. The land that he covers will be owned by the Europeans. Lobengula agreed, and that is how the Europeans became to own alot of land in Zimbabwe.

Its time for Mugabe to kick the Europeans out.

Just because I go hunting does not mean I hate the hunted, guys.

Zuze Chilombo Chapamudzi

Samora · Newbie

Well you have definitely crossed the line this time my fellow Malawians. I was about to start reading the book and now that y'all have revealed most of the plot I don't feel like reading it anymore. Thank you very much people. Now I'll never feel like a real African scholar.

-Samora