Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Thought For Today

In things fall apart  a masqurade is known as Egwugwu wheras in yoruba  it is egungun 

In things fall apart  medicine  is ogwu in yoruba  it is ogun. There  are other parallels i noticed.

a judge  was planning to visit Africa but on reading things fall apart  he felt there was no need to visit  Africa.he concluded  that Africans  can sort themselves  out!

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

It is 65 years this year since the publication of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" in 1958, a good literary work no doubt. There are however a few questions:

(1)Why was Unoka the flutist who was said to handle the flute with dexterity, producing pleasant notes that made the people happy presented as a failure? Does this connect with the Igbo philosophy of "Ezi aha ka ego"(translated in English to "good name is better than wealth")?

(2)Why was Okonkwo, a radical cultural activist also presented as a failure and his docile kinsman Obierika presented as a hero? This belies the Igbo philosophy of "a brave son rather than a cowardly one, even if the brave son die young".

(3)Why were the enormous influences of the womenfolk in Igboland as recorded in the activities of Umuada(daughters)and Ndi Ndom(wives)not highlighted?

Thanks.

-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO)

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Chidi Anthony Opara is a Poet, IIM Professional Fellow, MIT Chief Data Officer Ambassador and Editorial Adviser at News Updates (https://updatesonnews.substack.com)

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