JAMB - Literature In English (1984 - No. 30)
'...A man who calls his kinsmen to feast does not do so to save them from staving. they all have food in their houses. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound.'
In this passage, as in many other parts of Things Fall Apart, Achebe celebrates
In this passage, as in many other parts of Things Fall Apart, Achebe celebrates
living according to nature
the spirit of communal living
the ancestral spirit
the virtures of self reliance
traditional festivals
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