Arrow of God

Arrow of God, wanda aka buga a 1964, shine littafi na uku na Chinua Achebe . Tare da Things Fall Apart da No Longer at Ease, an dauke shi wani ɓangare na The African Trilogy, yana raba irin wannan saituna da jigogi. Littafin ya shafi Ezeulu, babban firist na ƙauyuka da yawa na Ibo a cikin mulkin mallaka na Najeriya, wanda ke fuskantar ikon mulkin mallaka da masu wa'azi na Kirista a cikin shekarun 1920. An buga littafin a matsayin wani ɓangare na jerin marubuta na Afirka na Heinemann .

Kalmomin "Arrow of God" an samo su ne daga karin magana na Igbo inda aka ce mutum, ko kuma wani lokacin wani abu, yana wakiltar nufin Allah. Arrow of God ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta Jock Campbell / New Statesman don rubuce-rubucen Afirka.Ezenwa-Ohaeto (1997), Chinua Achebe: A Biography, James Currey Ltd, , p. 105.

A cikin 2022, an haɗa shi a cikin jerin "Big Jubilee Read" na littattafai 70 da marubuta na Commonwealth suka zaba don bikin Platinum Jubilee na Elizabeth II. 

 Takaitaccen Bayani 
An kafa littafin ne a tsakanin ƙauyukan Mutanen Igbo a mulkin mallaka na Najeriya a cikin shekarun 1920. EzeUlu shine babban firist na Allah Ulu, wanda ƙauyuka shida na Umuaro ke bauta masa. Littafin ya fara ne da Ezeulu da Umuaro suna fada da wani kauye da ke kusa, Okperi . An warware rikicin ba zato ba tsammani lokacin da T. K. Winterbottom, mai kula da mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, ya shiga tsakani.

Bayan rikici, wani ɗan asalin Afirka Kirista mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje, John Goodcountry, ya isa Umuaro. Goodcountry ya fara gaya wa ƙauyuka labarun 'yan Najeriya a cikin Neja Delta waɗanda suka watsar (kuma suka yi yaƙi) da al'adunsu na gargajiya "mummunan al'adu" don goyon bayan Kiristanci.

Winterbottom ya kira Ezeulu daga ƙauyensa kuma an gayyace shi ya zama wani ɓangare na mulkin mallaka, manufofin da aka sani da mulkin kai tsaye. Ezeulu ya ki zama "shugaban farar fata" kuma an jefa shi a kurkuku. A Umuaro, mutane ba za su iya girbe yam ba har sai Ezeulu ya kira Sabon Yam don gode wa Ulu. Lokacin da Ezeulu ya dawo daga kurkuku, ya ki kiran bikin duk da cewa wasu manyan mutane a ƙauyen sun roƙe shi don yin sulhu. Ezeulu ya yi wa mutane da kansa tunanin cewa ba nufinsa ba ne amma na Ulu; Ezeulu ya yarda da kansa rabin ruhu ne da rabin mutum. yams sun fara ruɓewa a filin, kuma yunwa ta biyo baya wanda ƙauyen ya zargi Ezeulu. Ganin wannan a matsayin dama, John Goodcountry ya ba da shawarar cewa ƙauyen ya ba da godiya ga Allah na Kirista a maimakon haka kuma za su iya girbe abin da ya rage na amfanin gonarsu tare da "rashin lafiya".

Yawancin mazauna ƙauyen sun riga sun rasa bangaskiyarsu ga Ezeulu. Ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yan Ezeulu, Obika, ya mutu a lokacin bikin gargajiya, kuma mazauna ƙauyen sun fassara wannan a matsayin alamar cewa Ulu ya goyi bayan su a kan firist dinsa. Don wannan hukunci a bayyane game da Ezeulu da kuma alkawarin kariya da Allah Kirista ya yi, a girbi na Kirista, wanda ya faru 'yan kwanaki bayan mutuwar Obika, mutane da yawa sun rungumi Kiristanci ta hanyar aika ɗansu can tare da yams.

Taken Arrow of God yana nufin siffar Ezeulu na kansa a matsayin kibiya a cikin baka na allahn sa.

 Jigogi 
Ulu, ƙauyukan Umuaro da Okperi, da jami'an mulkin mallaka duk almara ne. Koyaya, kwatancin mulkin mallaka na Najeriya daidai ne wajen nuna rikici tsakanin imani da addinai na gargajiya na Najeriya da dabi'un kasashen waje da Turawa suka gabatar, gami da Kristanci. Bugu da kari, hukumomin mulkin mallaka a Yammacin Afirka sun fi son mulkin kai tsaye a matsayin hanyar rage farashin mulkin mallaka. An dauki littafin a matsayin aikin hakikanin wallafe-wallafen Afirka.

Littafin farko na Achebe, Things Fall Apart, ya ba da labarin Okonkwo, jagora a cikin al'ummarsa wanda ya shiga rikici tare da hukumomin mulkin mallaka. Arrow of God kamar haka ya bayyana faduwar shugaba na gargajiya a hannun hukumomin mulkin mallaka. Babban rikice-rikice na littafin ya shafi gwagwarmaya tsakanin ci gaba da canji, kamar Ezeulu ya ki yin hidima ga Winterbottom, ko tsakanin mazauna ƙauyen gargajiya da ɗan Ezeulu wanda ke karatun Kiristanci. An fahimci canji a matsayin abin da ba za a iya gujewa ba tsakanin mutanen Igbo.Mathuray, Mark (2003). "Realizing the Sacred: Power and Meaning in Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God". Research in African Literatures. 34 (3): 46. doi:10.1353/ral.2003.0071.

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