Things Fall Apart Character's

Umuofia

The Setting/Okonkwo’s village

Unoka

Okonkwo’s father
Weak, lazy, feminine.

Ezinma

Okonkwo’s daughter
(and Ekwefi’s)

Okonkwo’s favorite child

Ikemefuna

Okonkwo’s adopted son

Murdered by Okonkwo

Okonkwo

Protagonist

Obierika

Okonkwo’s best friend

Serves as a voice of reason

Nwoye

Okonkwo’s son

Converts

Issac

Mr. Brown

White missionary

Tolerant

Mr. Smith

White missionary
Intolerant

Enoch

Christian convert

Unmasks an egwugwu

Uchendu

Okonkwo’s uncle

Mbanta = Okonkwo’s Motherland

The Commissioner

Authority of the colonial government
See’s Igbo as less than humans

Ekwefi

Okonkwo’s 2nd wife

Ezinma’s mom

Chielo

Priestess of Agbala

Agbala

Oracle of the hills and caves

Feminine men

Mr. Kiaga

Converted missionary

Brings Christianity to Umuofia

Osu

Social outcasts
Living Sacrifice
They convert

Egwugu

Masked members of the tribe = Ancestors

Kotma

Enforcers for the colonial courts

Corrupt converts

Nneka

Mother of supreme

1st female convert
Okonkwo names her after one of his kids

Efulefu

Men w/out titles
Motivated to convert

Folklore

Stories that are passed down that have a moral or lesson.

Proverb

“The palm oil w/which words are eaten

Sayings that come with a general truth

Ibo/Igbo

Ethnic group in Nigeria to which Okonkwo belongs.