igbo (african people)

An abridgement of the novel, set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, that recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.

Captured by slave traders, a young Ibo girl, her brother and their fellow villagers suffer hardships and cruel treatment on their way to the New World where they are sold as slaves.

Okonkwo, born into poverty in an Ibo village in Nigeria, is determined to overcome his circumstances and strives to obtain fields, wives, and prestige in his village, but the changes brought by white missionaries and government officals threaten tribal traditions and cause Okonkwo to lash out in anger.

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming of white men led to the breaking up of the old ways.

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming of the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.

An introduction to the land, the history, and the social and political conditions of the Igbo people of Nigeria.

The tragedy of a leading member of the Obi tribe in Africa in the days when white men were first appearing on the scene.

As a young Igbo man, Amadi does not understand why his mother insists he learn to read, since he already knows his numbers and will be a businessman one day, but an older boy teaches him the value of learning about the world through books.