What Is Mbanta
When Okonkwo Gets Exiled for the Crime of Manslaughter, He and His Family Travel to Another of the Nine Villages, Mbanta, Which Is Okonkwo’s Motherland—That...
When Okonkwo gets exiled for the crime of manslaughter, he and his family travel to another of the nine villages, Mbanta, which is Okonkwo’s motherland—that is, the village where his mother was born.
What does Okonkwo do in Mbanta?
At the beginning of his last year in Mbanta, Okonkwo sends money to Obierika in Umuofia to rebuild two huts on the site of his burned-out compound. He will build the remainder when he returns in a year.
How does Okonkwo feel about Mbanta?
Okonkwo urges Mbanta to drive the Christians out with violence, but the rulers and elders decide to ostracize them instead. Okonkwo bitterly remarks that this is a “womanly” clan.
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