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Chapter 1
Ezeulu, chief priest of Ulu, sits in his compound watching the new moon so he can mark the start of a new month for his clan.
Chapter 2
The land dispute between Umuaro and the neighboring village of Okperi comes into focus. Ezeulu had previously testified against his own clan, saying the land originally belonged t…
Chapter 3
Winterbottom is introduced more fully through his own perspective. He is an experienced colonial officer who prides himself on understanding Igbo society better than newer adminis…
Chapter 4
Life inside Ezeulu's compound gets more attention. His son Obika is shown as physically impressive but unreliable, prone to drinking and fighting.
Chapter 5
Ezeulu sends his son Oduche to the Christian mission school. This is a calculated move: Ezeulu wants someone inside the new religion who can report back to him, treating Christian…
Chapter 6
Ezeulu's son Obika is asked to carry out a ritual run, but he is drunk and barely manages it. The run is supposed to demonstrate the community's spiritual health, and Obika's cond…
Chapter 7
The colonial administrator Winterbottom receives orders to summon Ezeulu to Okperi, with the intention of making him a warrant chief.
Chapter 8
Ezeulu is detained in Okperi after his refusal to cooperate with the colonial administration. He is held not as a prisoner exactly, but he cannot leave, and the experience humilia…
Chapter 9
Ezeulu returns to Umuaro and finds that things have shifted in his absence. Some people are angry at him for refusing the colonial appointment and causing trouble.
Chapter 10
Ezeulu formally refuses to eat the sacred yams that would allow him to announce the new yam festival. Because he missed months while in detention, he insists he must eat the remai…
Chapter 11
Ezeulu's son Obika is hired to carry a corpse for a man named Ibe, whose wife Obika had once loved. The funeral work is brutal, and Obika is already weakened from a recent floggin…
Chapter 12
The British colonial administration continues to misread Umuaro politics. Captain Winterbottom, now ill, is largely sidelined, and his subordinates handle the fallout from Ezeulu'…
Chapter 13
Pressure on Ezeulu intensifies. A delegation of elders comes to beg him to release the harvest, arguing that the people will starve and that Ulu himself would not want his worship…
Chapter 14
Obika is called to perform another funeral run, this time for an elder named Ogbuefi Amalu. He is still not fully well.
Chapter 15
The novel closes with the aftermath of Obika's death and Ezeulu's collapse. Ezeulu loses his mind.
Chapter 16
Ezeulu's imprisonment by the colonial government has thrown the harvest calendar into disarray. He refuses to eat the sacred yams that would allow him to announce the new moon and…
Chapter 17
Pressure on Ezeulu intensifies from multiple directions. His own family is suffering, and some of his closest allies urge him to find a way out.
Chapter 18
Obika, Ezeulu's son, is asked to run as the night spirit in a funeral ceremony even though he is unwell. He pushes through the ritual out of a sense of duty and family honor.
Chapter 19
With Ezeulu broken and unable to function, the village moves forward without him. The Christian harvest draws in more and more families.
Chapter 20
The novel closes with Umuaro changed in ways that cannot be undone. Ezeulu's story ends in madness and irrelevance.
Chapter 21
The novel closes with Ezeulu's complete mental collapse. After the death of his son Obika, who dies while performing the Night Mask ceremony, Ezeulu loses his grip on reality enti…
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