Draw a parallel between the Igbo experiences and today's globalization in Things Fall Apart.

In Things Fall Apart, the Igbo
culture was one of the few remaining parts of indigenous African that was insular,
self-governing, independent, and segregated.  The tribe was a collective of nine
villages which acted like its own city-state: it did not need outside resources,
technology, or immigrants for sustainability.  In fact, the Igbo guarded themselves
heavily against outsiders, as evidenced in the killing of Ikemefuna (he was an outside
threat to their identity).  They also committed infanticide against twin babies and
other outcasts.

It is ironic that the tribe was not as
threatened by the establishment of the Christian church.  They were tolerant only
because they thought, because the church was built in the evil forest, that the
missionaries would be haunted and driven out by evil spirits.  So, superstitions gave
them a false sense of security.

In terms of agriculture,
they would certainly be put out of business.  They had no concept of land ownership.
 Even though most yams still come from Nigeria, it would be doubtful that their crop
system could sustain the community.  Mass production and government intervention likely
would end the ancient farming practices of the male yam
farmers.

It is important to note that the Igbo were
integrated and holistic in terms of their religion, economy, education, and legal
system.  All of these elements were practiced by all, openly, within each village.  They
did not have the Western institutional separation of church and state.  Ultimately,
institutions are what do the culture in most: religion (the Christian church) and the
legal system (holding the male elders in prison).  The culture fell apart after it was
exposed to the machinery of specialization and segregation of
institutions.

All this is to say that the tribe would not
fit in in the 21st Century globalized world.  Not only did they lose cultural identity
in the 20th Century colonial world, they would certainly even be more overwhelmed by
today's pluralistic, highly scientific, gender integrated home and workplace (women as
same status as men), and highly mobile society.  Their agrarian, sexually segregated,
and male dominated collective would certainly become taboo and obsolete by today's
globalization.