This dissertation seeks to explore the Roman Catholic Church’s understanding of itself as the Family of God2 in Africa taken after the example of a traditional African understanding of family.
Okonkwo is the greatest warrior alive, famous throughout West Africa. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. With his world thrown radically off-balance he can only hurtle towards tragedy.