" 'Beware, Okonkwo!' she warned. 'Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware" (Achebe, 101)!
As Chielo storms in to Okonkwos compound, she warns Okonkwo of speaking against their god Agbala. Agbala and the other gods that Okonkwos people worship, will all be taken away and suppressed when imperialists invade. This is because most of the imperialists believed in one god, and would later try and convert everyone else to Christianity. This quote shows how much authority Agbala has at the moment, but very soon I believe that we will see that not everyone will give him the same amount of authority he had before. With extreme imperialists, many of the Nigerians could be killed / murdered for not believing in the new religion.
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