Read the following excerpts.

Excerpt A (from Chinua Achebe's *Things Fall Apart*): "Okonkwo's farm was the envy of the village; his yam fields stretched far, and the size of his harvest was a measure of his manhood."

Excerpt B (from Wole Soyinka's *The Lion and the Jewel*): "During the yam festival, the villagers gathered, each presenting the finest yam as a token of their shared heritage."

Identify the object that functions as a symbol of cultural continuity in both excerpts, and explain how its symbolic role differs between the two works.

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Read the following excerpts.

Excerpt A (from Chinua Achebe's *Things Fall Apart*): "Okonkwo's farm was the envy of the village; his yam fields stretched far, and the size of his harvest was a measure of his manhood."

Excerpt B (from Wole Soyinka's *The Lion and the Jewel*): "During the yam festival, the villagers gathered, each presenting the finest yam as a token of their shared heritage."

Identify the object that functions as a symbol of cultural continuity in both excerpts, and explain how its symbolic role differs between the two works.

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The yam; in *Things Fall Apart* it represents personal status and masculinity, whereas in *The Lion and the Jewel* it represents communal prosperity and cultural tradition.

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