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their capacity for love and compassion

Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe flowers and the British inSet in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa's best known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son. Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat from his rivals in the tribe, from those in the white government and even from his own family.