The Real Abame
In the book, Things Fall Apart, it talks about a Igbo town (Abame); which saw a white man riding an iron horse (bicycle). And since the Oracle the white man would bring destruction to them, they killed the white man. This incident actually happened to an Igbo town called Ahiara. It happened on November 16, 1905, a white man named JF stewart rode his bicycle into the Ahiara and was killed by the natives. As a result of this, the british forces came into Ahiara and killed many of the natives. Although in the book, it is quite similar to the real story, there are still some differences between the two, in the book; it states that they tied the white man and his bicycle to the tree. But research does not prove that they did so. Also, in the book it writes that the British came during the busiest time, market week; and wiped out the entire town. But researchers are not sure wether they wiped out the entire town or not. But they did kill many of the natives. And some similarities are that in both versions, the people that were killed were from an Igbo towns. Also, it is clear that the white man was killed, and the british forces did come and and kill the natives. But they did not know who or what the white man was and did what they could to defend themselves; but sadly ended in the deaths of many.