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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.
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∙ 13y ago"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.
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∙ 14y agoBasically, 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.
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What does efulefu mean in the book things fall apart?
man without title
What does umunna mean in things fall apart?
Umunna is another word for long range family. Umunna included kinsmen from many generations apart.
What does umuada mean in Things fall apart?
It means native daughters, the daughters of a common male ancestor or "daughters of the soil".
What does osu mean in things fall apart?
Outcast. Having been dedicated to a god, the osu was taboo and was not allowed to mix with the freeborn in any way.
What does Enoch mean in Things Fall Apart?
Enoch did not say anything specific, but indicated that he thought that the gods of his fathers were a sham compared to the Christian gods and system.
What does efulefu mean in the book things fall apart?
man without title
What does umunna mean in things fall apart?
Umunna is another word for long range family. Umunna included kinsmen from many generations apart.
The pacification of the primitive tribes of the lower Niger mean?
It's a reference to the end of "things fall apart" by chinua Achebe.
What does umuada mean in Things fall apart?
It means native daughters, the daughters of a common male ancestor or "daughters of the soil".
What does collasping mean?
Fall apart or be destroyed
What were Okonkwo's motivation for his act of killing and what way are they interconnected?
You mean from the book Things Fall Apart? You should be more specific. Check sparknotes.com
Is novel Things Fall Apart an example of Afro-Asian novel?
If you consider Afro-Asian to mean either African or Asian then yes. Otherwise, no.
What does osu mean in things fall apart?
Outcast. Having been dedicated to a god, the osu was taboo and was not allowed to mix with the freeborn in any way.
What does he'd fall to his staves mean?
To fall to staves means to fall apart. The staves are the wooden strips of a barrel held together with metal bands. If it falls to staves, it falls apart.
What does Enoch mean in Things Fall Apart?
Enoch did not say anything specific, but indicated that he thought that the gods of his fathers were a sham compared to the Christian gods and system.
What does Mr Brown mean when he says on p 181 - a frontal attack on the village would not succeed?
First of all- what book are you referring to?
What does the word disintegrate mean?
It means to fall apart. Not explosively, but bit-by-bit.
