Things Fall Apart

Chapter 5

Why did she want to be his wife?

Still talking about Okonkwo's second wife,Ekwefi.

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Ekwefi, Okonkwo's second wife, loved the wrestling matches. It was watching Okonkwo defeat the Cat that she fell in love with him. She married another man, but a few years after that she ran away from him and came to live with Okonkwo.

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