What would you choose if you had the option between a Christian or a Igbo?
Christianity is the world’s largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. In contrast, the Igbo religion is a religion mostly followed in Nigeria, specifically with the Umuofia clan. Christianity and Igbo have many similarities however many of the basis widely vary.
(I Contrasted about the actual religion and the religion in the book (igbo and ibo).)
“The white man also their brother because they were all sons of god. And he told them about this new god, the creator of the world and all the men and women. He told them they worshiped false gods,gods of wood and stone”. (Achebe 114)
The Ibo religion is polytheistic religion, meaning that there is more than one god. THey have one supreme god Chukwu, but they also have many other gods they worship. They also worship carved woods.
“The tree from which it came from was made by Chukwu” (Achebe 18)
They believe in a god that is alive, they have talked to their god and their god could be seen, such as their spirits.
“You say that there is one supreme god who made heaven and earth”, said Akunna on of Mr. Brown’s visits, “we also believe in
…show more content…
It is surprising that one individual can have so much wives and children at one time. Okonkwo, who is the main character in the book had 3 wives himself. Each wife and their children would have their own place and the husband would be living by himself. Also women aren 't respected as men, when a man marries a women in their culture he is basically marrying his slave because the women will be cleaning, taking care of the children and it is really hard for a women to find a man who disagrees with their gender role. “His mother and sisters worked hard enough, but they grew women’s crops, like coco-yams, beans and cassava. Yam, the king of crops, was a man’s crop.” ( Abeche