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Love Has Fallen Apart ? by Godwinigweh: 6:47am On Feb 14, 2015 |
Love has fallen Apart ? "This is not really an expression but a story about love. In the story, from Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, the character Ofoedu tells his two friends that Ogbuefi Ndulue of Ire village is dead. The friends agree that it is strange that there had been, as yet, no drum announcement of the prominent (titled) man’s death. He was the oldest man in his village, and the fact that no drum announcement had sounded was a significant omission. In the conversation that ensues, Ofoedu explains why there was no announcement. “Ozoemena (Ndulue’s first wife) was, as you know, too old to attend Ndulue during his illness. His younger wives did that. When he died this morning, one of these women went to Ozoemena's hut and told her. She rose from her mat, took her stick and walked over to his obi. She knelt on her knees and hands at the threshold and called her husband, who was laid on a mat. ‘Ogbuefi Ndulue’, she called, three times, and went back to her hut. When the youngest wife went to call her again to be present at the washing of the body, she found her lying on her mat, dead.” As the conversation continues, one of the friends reveals, “It was always said that Ndulue and Ozoemena had one mind. I remember when I was a boy there was a song about them. He could not do anything without telling her.” (From Chapter Eight of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart) For me, the fact that Ozoemena went to verify that Ndulue had indeed done this thing – dying – and her response, dying as well, indicates a great deal about love and devotion in a narrative (and culture) that appears to be mostly about male violence and changing cultures.".....Hapi val to u all ! |
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