Setting
The story takes place in the 1890s in the lower Nigerian villages, Iguedo and Mbanta in particular. It portrays the clash between Nigeria's white colonial government and the traditional culture of the indigenous Ibo people.
The Role of Women
Women are expected to obey their husbands. Achebe shows that the Ibo assign important roles to women. For instance, women painted the houses of the egwugwu (Achebe, 1986:84). Women are the primary educators of children. …
