chapter 16: Ohhh my Gods it has been two years. ONLY TWO. This is honestly like an eternity. Obierka came to visit me,and i was so glad to see him. I mean I don’t really see him. He told me some crusial news”the missionaries have alredy come to Umofia” he said. But those were not the worse news yet,what was to come was even worse he said that he had seen Nwoye my oldest son amongs those pathetic missionaries who’s only job was to brain wash the dam people of the villages. I am extremely positive that the clan leaders were so devastated,and sad because of the presence of the new religion. I bet they all believed that it will fade away just nby the time.
After that six missionaries arrived suprisingly to our villige Mbanta. And the awful thing was that there was a white man amongs them. I was so disgusted I wanted to vomit on the white mans face he gave me the goosebumps, not that I was a coward,but he gave me a bad feeling,and I knew he wasn’t here for any good. He had that devilish face. With the help of this little ugly man Mr.Kiaga who was a translator,but claimed to be Ibo himself mentioned something about one true God. we all stood there spaced out because we had no idea what they were talking about. Even I wanted to hurt him. I wanted to fight him. I was anxious to hit one of those little two-faced preachers,who talked about this so called one true God!
I was so angry when he said we were so naive because we shouldn’t worship anyother Gods. I wasn’t going to let no nasty,little preachers, tell me what or what not to believe in. I’ll send my Gods after them. Then I took a deep breath,and listened. All of a sudden I started questioning. Who are these men? Should i follow my incstincts, or should I stick with the Mbanta,and Ibo culture? You know what I am sticking with my culture! why? Because i’ve been living like this for a long time,and nobody had bothered any of us before. Maybe this is all a big bluff,and the Gods are just testing us to see who is a true Ibo!
To be completely honest I kept my ming on Nwoye he was turning his back on me,and maybe even his back on everyone else in his family. I made a mad face and one of the missionaries caught my eye. At that percise moment they started singing a song this song was akward,but it answered alot of my questions. these songs were harmonic.
