Image via Wikipedia Achebe begins his novel with focus upon the tragic protagonist Okonkwo and his father Unoka in the Umuofian tribe. The depiction of the Umuofian tribe gives particular significant cultural aspects similar to Achebe’s own birthplace of Ogidi , where Ibo -speaking people lived together in groups of independent villages ruled by titled elders. The customs described in the novel mirror those of the Onitsha people, who lived near Ogidi with whom Achebe was familiar. Tragica