Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Answer on Question: Trace the Chronology of the Ibo people's respones......

The first thing mentioned about white people was in the story, where the Ibo joked it was just the Leper. During the first couple of years in exile, white people show up for the fist time, and the people of Abame act with fear, and kills the man and the tribe itself gets destroyed. Then while at Mbanta, the first missionaries come to both Ummofia and Mbanta. At Ummofia the first Reverend is Mr. Brown, how leaves a decent impression on the Ibo by helping the clan and doesn’t try to openly convert them. Then Mr. Brown gets sick and has to leave. A new reverend comes to the town, and his name is Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith believes that every thing the Ibo people do is false and bad, so he sullies the white man reputation to the tribe. From then on the Ibo people do not like the white men in general, and most regret that the clan let the white men set up in the first place. For the white men, they believe the Ibo people are savage, while missionaries see them as lost souls. These views have two major results. They are:
1, which is that the majority of the white people think the Ibo are savages, so are not treated equally or in most cases as fair.
2, the missionaries try to reguide, as they put it, the Ibo people, however, some of the ways the priests use to convert to not appeal to the Ibo people, reinforcing the white mens thoughts on how the Ibo are savages.
The last is that the British view most of the Africans and their way of life during this time as irrelevant, as long the tribes either convert or have peaceful transactions with the commonwealth colonies. If they get in the way, the local forces will not hesitate to attack and destroy any one of the tribes, such as the Abame.

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