Both the war magic of Umuofia and the market magic of Umuike are personified as old women. Why do you suppose this is?

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Vitek1552 [10]2 years ago

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Explanation:

In the novel, Things Fall Apart by the African legendary author and professor of Literature, Chinua Achebe, The war magic of Umuofia and the market magic of Umuike are personified as old women.

The reason for such personification is that these spirits behind the markets which are actually great and quite powerful wished to disguise themselves in order to be perceived as being weak and frail by the people who doubt them.

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