The Fishermen
What is the importance of the Omi-Ala River in the novel, The Fishermen?
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Once worshipped by the Nigerian town's pre-Christian culture, the Omi-Ala River is seen as bad or evil after Christianity spread into the region. It is seen as bad or evil because the pre-Christian culture built shrines to the river and worshipped it, an act which Christianity teaches is idolatry.
The Fishermen