British vs. Ibo People

            There is much conflict between the British and the Africans. First, the white British missionary arrived and the Oracle told the Ibo people to kill him. The Oracle said that more would be coming soon. After the murder of the white man, many white missionaries came as the Oracle said and killed many people in Abame. This caused to Africans to dislike the missionaries and could not change their prospective of them at the time because they did not speak the same language.

            During Okonkwo’s exile, the missionaries built a church, which caused many Ibo people to convert to Christianity. One of these people was Nowye.  This caused much controversy, and the Ibo people thought that there would be no people left to worship them after they died. They thought their own religion would die out.

            Upon the arrival of Okonkwo to his old village, the Christians are making a school. Mr. Brown and Akunna get into an argument over their gods. Mr. Brown is trying to say that if you carve a piece of wood it is not a god. Akunna rebuttals that they do not worship the wooden idol, but that God made the trees that the wood was taken from. Akunna continues to say that the Christian god is not in Heaven, but in England.

            After Mr. Brown falls ill, the new reverend, Mr. Smith, comes in and takes over. Mr. Smith is not like Mr. Brown. Unlike Mr. Brown that didn’t care if someone came to the church, but was still confused, Mr. Smith said that you had to be sure of what you thought. All Mr. Smith wants to do is take down the Ibo culture and convert everyone to the Christian faith.