Things Fall Apart

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.

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.