From the novel; Things Fall Apart
‘…A man who calls his kinsmen to feast does not do so to save them from staving. they all have food in their houses. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound.’
In this passage, as in many other parts of Things Fall Apart, Achebe celebrates
- living according to nature
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the spirit of communal living
- the ancestral spirit
- the virtures of self reliance
- traditional festivals