How Did The Igbo Society Doomed To Fail Even At It's Start

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In the book ”Things fall apart”, Chinua Achebe takes us on a thrilling, but sad adventure. We get to follow Okonkwo’s strife to gain more power over his people, and how colonization affected the Igbo society, located in modern day Nigeria. Achebe gives us the feeling that the fall was all the white mans fault, but was this really the only factor? Was the Igbo society doomed to fail even at it’s start?

Power is a dangerous thing, and one of the main reasons for the Ibgo society’s disintegration. Old, powerthirsty men controlled the village with iron fists, doing anything to keep their power, and always craving for more. Killing young boys and sacrificing humans to the gods are just two of many rituals performed to show their power to the people. The fact that you can climb the ladder, and gain more influence by hard work does not help. Searching for power makes many people blind, both in the western world today, the and in Nigeria in the 19th century. …show more content…

Light punnishment for those with a good title, and a worse one for them without, rituals of leaving newborn babies in the jungle, claiming they are cursed, and owning women like one owns their land are just a few examples of how unequal the rules were. The community was very divided, which made it very easy for the white men to take controll of the