Folk elements in Achebe: A comparative study of Ibo culture and Tenyimia culture
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2013-06-23
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Socio-cultural background, Hierarchical setup, Village layout, Tenyimia customary laws, Tenyimia system, Title taking the Tenyimia system, Ibo titles, Social obligations, Idea of manliness, Rituals of marriage, Funeral rites, Burial, Ideal of becoming an ancestor, Religious background, Tenyimia and the taboo factor, Spirit worship among the Tenyimia, Gods of the Ibo, Spirit sightings, Feasts and their religious meaning, Oracles, medicine men, dreams and omens, Psycho-linguistic factor, Linguistic taboos, Proverbs, metaphors in arrow of God, Proverbs, metaphors in things fall apart, Proverbs, metaphors in no longer at ease, Songs, Biculturalism in no longer at ease, Culture in Achebe's work