Things Fall Apart
Across
- 4. food made from yams that serves a chief role in the annual Feast of the New Yam.
- 7. amusement or laughter.
- 8. is the first white Christian missionary in Umuofia and Mbanta.
- 9. requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult.
- 10. exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strength.
- 12. subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic.
- 13. an African country on the Gulf of Guinea.
- 16. dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever.
- 17. after the end of colonial rule.
- 19. is Okonkwo's eldest son who Okonkwo considers irredeemably effeminate and very much like his father, Unoka.
- 20. beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage.
- 21. type of drum made from wood.
- 22. someone who shows remorse or contrition for one's past actions or sins.
- 24. woman; also used for a man who has taken no title.
- 25. masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village.
Down
- 1. to cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, opinion, etc.
- 2. the village green where assemblies for sports, discussions, and so on take place.
- 3. is a fifteen-year-old boy from a neighboring clan.
- 5. well-respected member of the Umuofia clan.
- 6. is Okonkwo's eldest daughter and Ekwefi's only child.
- 10. early in the history of the world or of humankind.
- 11. before the beginning of colonial rule.
- 14. to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender
- 15. habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; lazy.
- 18. personal god.
- 23. worthless man.
- 24. earth goddess.