Feminine Virtues in the Ibo Tribe

Feminine Virtues In The Ibo Tribe In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe shows the importance of feminine virtues in the Ibo tribe. In the novel women, regarded highly for their importance in bearing children and acting as wives, receive praised for their significance. Achebe illustrates the women of the tribe as strong, powerful people whose importance you cannot fail to notice. “Anasi was a middle aged woman, tall and strongly built. There was authority in …

…the belief that menstrual blood held impurities and caused severe harm to sacred objects. Hence during this period women held banishment from entering palaces, shrines and other places where rituals took place. In conclusion, the importance of feminine virtues in the Ibo tribe held high regard among the people of the tribe. Although women held such high regard in the tribe, they still had little, if any respect beyond bearing children and succumbing to wifehood.