2. Events
•
•
•
•
Mr Kiaga rescues two twins from the bush
•
•
•
•
A man kills a sacred python
Converts are beaten in the village
White men build a government in Mbanta
Mr Kiaga accepts all outcasts even if it means he loses converts from his
church
Mbanta holds a meeting about what should be done, the church is outcast
Mr Kiaga wants his church cleaned for easter
Women are denied access to stream, red earth, and chalk quarry
4. Cultural Norms
•
•
•
Outcasts and their children are segregated from the
clans, they live near the Great Shrine, and their mark is
long, tangled hair
If someone is to accidentally kill a python, they make up
for it by giving great offerings to the gods
The people of the clans do not fight for their gods
6. Connections to today
•
•
•
If people act strange today they are
considered taboo
If someone breaks the law they can be fined
The Mormon faith
7. Characters
•
•
•
•
Mr Kiaga - rescues and takes care of twins, remains
firm with accepting outcasts to his church, confronts
Mbanta about being ostracized
Mr Brown - white missionary
Okonkwo - goes to Mbanta meeting, things the church
should be forced out of the clan instead of ostracized
Okoli - kills python, becomes sick and dies
8. Questions
1. What will become of the church and its
followers?
2. What affect will the white man's government
have on the clans?
