Things Fall Apart
Identify this term/Character: iyi-uwa
Identify this term/Character: iyi-uwa (Chapter 9)
Identify this term/Character: iyi-uwa (Chapter 9)
An Iyi-uwa is an object from Igbo mythology that binds the spirit of a dead child (known as ogbanje) to the world, causing it to return and be born again to the same mother.