es that a person can commit: a male and female type. Accidents were considered a female type because they were done inadvertently, as in the one Okonkwo commits. "It is a crime against the Earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land" (Achebe 124). Since Okonkwo's gun accidentally went off his crime was considered female. Because of this he must have seven years of absence from his village.
             To be feminine in this culture is considered bad. Women are considered weak and are portrayed as possessions. The more wives you have the wealthier you are. They are there to cook, clean, have children and are easily bought when you want more. Wives rely on silly stories to teach their children while men show them how to work and fight.
             Of the many beliefs that Africans hold about the beginning, one seems to explain their reasoning in the idea of evil spirits and a one true God that they should serve. It tells how in the beginning there were two couples, white and black. The black couple was Gods favorite and he often let them see the boxes he had. One day he decided to let each couple choose a box. Since the black was his favorite they were to choose first. They chose the one they thought held openness and prosperity, but instead it held clay, mud and iron. The white couple got the other box which held knowledge of the arts and sciences, and which held the real way to worship one true God. All because of this the black couple left. That race ended up being the Africans. They thought God would not want their improper worship and knew that since he was a good God, he would never judge or hurt them. Instead they decided to worship and make sacrifices to the evil spirits, whom they could not defend themselves against (Barrow 37).
             According to Achebe, gods had to do with all the aspects of nature. There was the god of the sky, the goddess of the Earth, the god of the sea, along with many more. I...