Fall Of Umuofia

Umuofia Chinua Achebe's novel "The Fall of Things" is a story about the influence of a new Christianity in the tribal village of Africa. It is a very outstanding culture and it has a value system that lasts for many years as it dates back to their ancestors. But when culture began to quiet suddenly and contemporary tribal members allow white missionaries to invade their systems and allow many young members of the tribe to turn into Christian faiths, conflict will occur.

Things Fall Apart is located in Umuofia, the tribal village of Nigeria in Africa. British bureaucrats and missionaries first arrived in this area in the late 19th century. There is a long history confrontation between the European settlers and the Africans that they transform and are about to live together. However, by beginning to write a novel during this period Achebe can emphasize the conflict of cultures I mentioned. It made a greater contrast between when Okonkwo left the tribe and when he returned (when his village is hardly recognizable due to the changes brought by the UK).

The village of Umuofia is the iconic center of Thins Fall Apart and is the background behind most actions of the novel. Um Ophia, the hero's Okonkow, lives in most of the novels and represents the rural society in Nigeria before and after the contact of the British Empire with colonial power. Religion is very important for rural society. The soul afraid of ancestors helps link the village with the past The conflict between Christianity and traditional religion is one of the main factors leading to the collapse of the society of Umopia.

Chinua Achebe 's 1959 novel "The Fall of Things" was held in the 1890s, just before British colonial rule. The focus of this novel is Uboofia's nine Ibo villages. And it is Ibo's "Forest Man". Umuofia is a prosperous village of Achebe's main character Okonkwo in all aspects and can secure his masculinity within the tribe. This land, now known as Nigeria, is a primitive agricultural society that is operated entirely by men. As Achebe said, Umuofia is well known. "... ... is infecting all neighboring countries, it is strong against war and magic, pastors and medical officials are afraid of neighboring countries" (11) Perhaps its most powerful and scary magic is called It is. ".. agadi-nwayi, or an old lady has that temple in the center of Umuofia ... if someone is so foolish that he will definitely meet the old lady after the temple at dusk" (12) . The people of Umuofia are very loyal to their religion and magic