Things Fall Apart
Across
- 1. The igbo term for earth goddess
- 4. The igbo term for woman; also used for a man who has taken no title
- 6. Leader of Umufobia, powerful, Okonkwo’s embarrassment about his lazy, squandering, and effeminate father, Unoka, has driven him to succeed.
- 7. The igbo term for worthless man
- 9. The igbo term for personal god
- 10. Okonkwo’s close friend, whose daughter’s wedding provides cause for festivity early in the novel.
- 11. the act of expressing grief, sorrow, and/or regret
- 13. requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
- 14. dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever
- 15. amusement or laughter
- 16. Okonkwo’s oldest son, whom Okonkwo believes is weak and lazy.
- 17. a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious
Down
- 1. official approval or sanction.
- 2. Obierika’s son.
- 3. Okonkwo’s second wife, once the village beauty.
- 5. beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage:
- 7. a representative sent on a mission or errand:
- 8. The igbo term for masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village
- 9. a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury
- 12. to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender