How do things fall apart?
Things Fall Apart is a Nigerian classic novel written by the late legendary Chinua Achebe. One of the many things that stood out for me was Chinua being fed up of strangers and ignoramus' writing our stories. He wanted the story, for once, to be told and heard from the horse's mouth. And if I do say so myself, he did a great job. I love that Chinua was able to portray the Igbo man in black skin as, not just some primitive being who had no clue about systems and governance and what-not, but as an organized people who had a way of doing things; we call it culture. He was able to outline; * how disputes were settled * how sickle cell disease was managed with local treatment * how we entertained ourselves through sports; wrestling * our festivals * how chores were designated for each member of the family * Story time under the moonlight * time with family where values were taught via tortoise stories * traditional marriage, scratch that, marriage...we got married traditiona