The Great Ponds (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Elechi Amadi
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Social morality
- Time of Work: 1918
- Setting: Nigeria
- Principal Characters: Olumba, Wago the Leopard-Killer, Ikechl, Eze Diali, Eze Okehi, Anwuanwu, Igwu
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, War fiction
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Magic or magicians, Race, Villages, 1910’s, War, Rulers, Theft, Epidemics, Fishing or fishermen, Ponds, Influenza
- Locales: Nigeria
The Novel
War and its effects define the plot of The Great Ponds. The war is fought between the village of Chiolu and the village of Aliakoro over fishing rights to Wagaba Pond, one of the ponds alluded to in the title of the novel. Thirty years prior to the time of the story, Chiolu warriors won a battle with those of Aliakoro, and since then members of Chiolu have claimed Wagaba Pond and fished in it without hindrance. Aliakoro villagers, however, have begun to poach in the pond, and Chiolu sends a war party to catch the poachers.
Olumba, the main Chiolu...
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