Things Fall Apart (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Chinua Achebe
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Postcolonial literature
- Subjects: Culture, Africa or Africans, Tradition, Politics, Colonies or colonization, Race, Suicide, Nineteenth century, Exile or expatriates, Missions or missionaries, Religion, Villages, Law or legislation, Christianity, Death or dying, Rulers, Egypt or Egyptians, Government, Modernization
- Locales: Nile River, Umuofia, Africa
Places Discussed
Umofia (oo-moh-FEE-uh). Area in southeastern Nigeria, comprising nine villages, where the Umofia clan live. “Umofia” is the Igbo word for “people of the forest.” The word “village” is a loose translation of a complicated concept in Igbo society and is used in Things Fall Apart to represent both the nine villages and the larger area; thus, the village of Umofia comprises nine villages. In Umofia at the end of the nineteenth century, homes are mud huts set in compounds. Each of the villages is advised by a male elder, and the nine elders meet...
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