Uchendu

Uchendu, Okonkwo’s maternal uncle and head of his mother’s kin in Mbanta, welcomes Okonkwo, arranges rites, grants land, and conducts philosophical counsel. Uchendu welcomes the visitors, shares his lineage, and tells a cautionary tale about Abame. Offers a portion of the Evil Forest to the missionaries for a church site. Uchendu, the eldest kinsman, breaks the kola nut, offers prayers for health, children and kinship, and warns the younger generation.