What does the title things Fall Apart mean?

Answer 1

It means that Things Fall Apart.

This implies first, that there are things, and then states that they fall apart.

In terms of it's relation to the content of the book, it highlights many things, the reasons they fall apart, and how they fall apart, in many intricate details.

Answer 2

"Proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten."

Palm oil is a rich yellow oil pressed from the fruit of certain palm trees and used both for fuel and cooking. In their culture they used proverbs to communicate and to keep a better style, to show wisdom(intelligence) in a poetic way. In their culture they used proverbs in order to communicate and to use a more elevated style, to be clear and make vocabulary more interesting and relatable.

Answer 3

Basically, the telling of proverbs in the Ibo culture is a way for the Ibo people to keep their culture alive throughout the tough times that they are going through with the white people.