THINGS FALL APART

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Across
  1. 6. this vegetable is grown by the men in the clan
  2. 8. the first white men to visit Okonkwo's clan are:
  3. 9. the oldest man in the village, has a grand funeral
  4. 10. fanatical convert to the Christian church, causes trouble
  5. 12. Okonkwo's father
  6. 13. Okonkwo compares himself to this element of nature
  7. 14. ____ wine
  8. 16. the ______forest is where the clan allows the white men to set up their church
  9. 17. Igbo word for home used within the novel
  10. 20. comes to live with Okonkwo and his family as a sacrifice
  11. 21. Okonkwo may return to his village after this many years have passed
  12. 22. Okonkwo's mother's youngest brother, takes in Okonkwo and his family after the incident
  13. 24. one of the first converts to the Christian church is a woman who has given birth to many:
  14. 26. Igbo word for a changeling, child who repeatedly dies and "returns" to its mother
  15. 28. Okonkwo's motherland
  16. 30. Okonkwo believes that if he is fire, it makes since that his son would be:
Down
  1. 1. Okonkwo's punishment
  2. 2. Okonkwo is not punished more severely for his crime because it was an:
  3. 3. a widow and the priestess in Umofia
  4. 4. Okonkwo's eldest daughter, Okonkwo believes she should have been a boy
  5. 5. Okonkwo's best friend
  6. 7. a clan that has been completely wiped out by the "white man"
  7. 11. lends Okonkwo seeds to start his farm in the beginning of the novel
  8. 15. the center of the clan's economy
  9. 16. masked gods of the clan, show up to important matters
  10. 17. Igbo word for murder used within the novel
  11. 18. hardworking, aggressive, fears anything related to weakness
  12. 19. Okonkwo's oldest son
  13. 21. form of tobacco that Okonkwo and other men frequently enjoy
  14. 23. member of Okonkwo's family who joins the Christian church
  15. 25. village in which the novel is set
  16. 27. the village translator seems to say this word instead of my "self"
  17. 29. a common name for children, means "mother is supreme"