Things Fall Apart | Chapter 2 Summary and Analysis

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Ogbuefi Ezeugo: a powerful orator who accuses Mbaino of murder

Ogbuefi Udo: a man of Umuofia; his wife is murdered by the people of Mbaino

Nwoye: Okonkwo’s 12-year-old son, who appears to be lazy

Summary
The ogene, a kind of gong, pierces the night in Umuofia. Umuofia is a community of nine Igbo villages related to one another in political matters. Every man is called to meet at the marketplace where Ogbuefi Ezeugo, a powerful orator, shouts the greeting “Umuofia kwenu,” and 10,000 men respond...


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