Ikemefuna was an adolescent who was sufficiently unfortunate to be bound to die. This was a boy who had been sacrificed by his village, Mbaino, to Umuofia because when one of the women from Umuofia had gone to the market in Mbaino, she had been killed for no apparent reason. Therefore, Ikemefuna and a virgin - to replace the woman as the widow’s wife – were sent to Umuofia as a sort of peace offering to not trigger a fight of any sort. Ikemefuna was Okonkwo’s responsibility while the decision of his final fate was going to be; so, Ikemefuna live with Okonkwo with his family in his property. Three years passed and every one had seemed to have forgotten about the fact that he wasn’t a part of Okonkwo’s household until one day; one of the village elders came in and announced to Okonkwo that the killing of Ikemefuna was going to be performed that night. Three years later, Okonkwo and Nwoye, Okonkwo’s first son, had grown much attached to him; however, Okonkwo put all feelings aside and took part in Ikemefuna’s killing. What Okonkwo had not predicted was the fact that he was actually going to miss Ikemefuna. Okonkwo was embarrassed by the fact that his feelings where taking over since being manly meant showing no emotions.
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