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Marriage as a Personal Choice in Achebe by krishna Niroula is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The story "Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe explores the tensions that arise when a man marries a woman from a different tribe in Nigeria. Nnaemeka marries Nene, who is from another tribe, against the wishes of his father Okeke. Okeke is angry because he had arranged for his son to marry a woman from their own Ibo tribe. This causes a rift between Nnaemeka and Okeke that lasts for eight years, until Nene writes a letter asking Okeke to meet his two grandsons. Okeke
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- krishna Niroula
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- EN