Achebe informs the reader that there is a word the means both "women" and "a man who had taken no title" Why does he share this information with the reader?

We learn that Okonkwo rules his family with an iron fist and his wives live in fear of him. He’s got a pretty bad temper. Achebe does a bit of psychoanalysis on Okonkwo and essentially his aggression stems from a deep-seeded, subconscious fear of being a failure like his father.

Okonkwo recalls how a childhood friend called Okonkwo’s father agbala – meaning woman or a man without a title.

Okonkwo’s M.O. is hating everything he thinks his dad stood for: gentleness and idleness