White Men Take the People of Umuofia as Prisoners

White Men Take the Leaders of Umuofia as Prisoners

What Will They Do With Them?

Author: Leonardo Alonso, Editor-In-Chief

It was reported yesterday that a group of white men took the six leaders of Umuofia prisoners during a meeting in the courthouse because they wanted money after they had burnt down their church.

The District Commissioner sent out his messenger to tell the six leaders of Umuofia that a meeting was going to be held in the courthouse and they would be pleased if they came. This plan, However, was just a big scheme to trap these leaders in order to get money for the church that they burnt down. They succeeded and this is what went down.

The Direct Commissioner was talking to these leaders telling them he wasn't going to hurt them. He did however tell them that "[He] [has] decided that [they] will pay a fine of two hundred bags of cowries. [They] will be released as soon as [they] agree to this and undertake to collect that fine from [their] people" (Achebe 194).

After refusing to this offer, the Direct Commissioner made them his prisoners. In doing so, he made sure that "The six men ate nothing throughout [the] day [or the next day]. They were not even given any water to drink, and they could not go out to urinate or go into the bush when they were pressed" (Achebe 195). 

At this time it is unclear when these men will agree to this offer and get the necessary money to pay the fine.

Who knows how long these men will be able to survive in this torment.

Sources

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Anchor, 1994. Print.

Savage, Scott. "Isolation Prison Cell - Scott Savage." Scott Savage RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2016.

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