At the most one could say that his chi or ... personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very strongly so his chi agreed.
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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly and proverbs are the palmoil with which words are eaten.
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It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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