Chapter+22+egwugwu

//__Enemies of the Igbo Tribe__//  A culture in conflict with the Igbo tribe is the Mbaino tribe. The villagers in the Mbaino tribe killed a Umuofia women. The Umuofia tribe did not want to start war, but rather strike a deal. The Mbaino tribe sends a young boy to work and live in the Igbo tribe where the main character raises him to become a strong man. When white missionaries come to share the gospel the with Igbo tribe the “destruction” of the African culture starts.



A tribe called Chi has problems directly set with the British. The Chi thinks that the British will prevail over the Igbo tribe. Europeans arrive with news of a new God and new laws. Christians thought the Africans were uncivilized and needed to be converted to Christianity. . Nigerian Tribune writes that the Africans were affected negatively by the Western Cultures. The western people “swallowed” the Igbo culture. The western cultures have deeply changed the Igbo culture; they have tried to change their religion, laws and ways of life. They believe the tribe to be barbaric and uncivilized. Western culture and civilisation in Igboland have created positive and negative problems on Igbo culture. Educated Igbo people did not help matters as they exhibited feelings of cultural inferiority.



White men discovered the cruel aspect of the Igbo culture in preferecne to the western culture. They became an external model oriented carriers fo new ways and new ideas.

Igbo men forgot their culture in preference to the western culture. They became external model oriented carriers of new ways and ideas.

There is crisis in the lifestyle of an average Igbo man. He cannot fluently speak his language without mixing up with a foreign language, which also applies to their religious life. They are Christians but they still have respect for traditional religions.

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