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There are three women that play a major role in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The first is Okonkwo's (the protagonist) second wife, Ekwefi. She has a history of children that die soon after birth. She cares very deeply for her only living child, a daughter, Ezinma. Ezinma is thought to be an ogbanje, or a devil child that continues to die and re-enter her mother's wound to be born again, but is proven to be a pleasant child. The third major woman is Chielo, the priestess to the village's ultimate god, who is a normal person by day and fearful priestess by night. Other minor women include Okonkwo's first wife who is never addressed by name except as Nwoye's mother, and his third wife, Ojiugo.

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