TFA 7: Okonkwo's Shell Broken

          Okonkwo was exiled from Umuofia after a funeral ceremony that went horribly wrong.  During the ceremony, the villagers of Umuofia gave their version of what we would know to be a 21-gun solute.  This was done periodically throughout the ceremony without incident.  Yet during the last solute, Oknonkwo's weapon exploded, sending shrapnel flying in all directions.  A piece of metal from his rifle struck the son of the dead man in the heart, killing him.  This, in Umuofia, is known as a female crime.  A female crime is one commited in-advertantly.  Okonkwo was banished from Umuofia for seven years.  This punishment seems unjust, for the young boy's death was the result of a freak accident that Okonwo had no control over.