things fall apart
Across
- 3. The first white missionary to travel to Umuofia. Mr. Brown institutes a policy of compromise, understanding, and non-aggression between his flock and the clan.
- 5. Okonkwo’s third and youngest wife, and the mother of Nkechi. Okonkwo beats Ojiugo during the Week of Peace.
- 9. A famous medicine man whom Okonkwo summons for help in dealing with Ezinma’s health problems.
- 11. The missionary who replaces Mr. Brown
- 12. Okonkwo's father.
- 15. The only child of Okonkwo’s second wife, Ekwefi.
- 16. The younger brother of Okonkwo’s mother.
Down
- 1. Proud, ambitious, and ill-tempered, Okonkwo is the tragic hero of Things Fall Apart.
- 2. The native-turned-Christian missionary who arrives in Mbanta and converts Nwoye and many others.
- 4. The daughter of Okonkwo’s first wife. Although Obiageli is close to Ezinma in age, Ezinma has a great deal of influence over her.
- 6. The oldest man in the village and one of the most important clan elders and leaders. Ogbuefi Ezeudu was a great warrior in his youth and now delivers messages from the Oracle.
- 7. A boy given to Okonkwo by a neighboring village.
- 8. A young boy given to Umuofia by a neighboring village as tribute.
- 10. A wealthy clansmen who takes a chance on Okonkwo by lending him 800 seed yams—twice the number for which Okonkwo asks. Nwakibie thereby helps Okonkwo build up the beginnings of his personal wealth, status, and independence.
- 13. Okonkwo's son.
- 14. Obierika’s son. Maduka wins a wrestling contest in his mid-teens. Okonkwo wishes he had promising, manly sons like Maduka.