Things Fall Apart, Chapter 1-2, Superiority and Fear

"An ultimatum was immediately dispatched to Mbaino asking them to choose between war on the one hand, and on the other the offer of a young man and a virgin as compensation” (Achebe 11).

Part 1- According to the text, what effect did imperialism have on people who lived through it? 

The author, Achebe, portrays two different tribes in this novel. There were rising tensions after the Mbiano tribe killed a woman from the Umuofia tribe. Due to this event, the Umuofia is greatly disheartened by the loss of their daughter. Although revenge is likely to occur, the Umuofia tribe allow the Mbaino tribe choose whether to go to war or bring a girl and a boy from their tribe. The neighboring clans want to avoid war because the Umuofia tribe is very powerful and feared. Instead, the Mbaino offer a peaceful solution by giving a boy and a virgin girl to the Umuofia tribe. They decide the virgin girl should be given to the man whose wife was just murdered. The Umuofia tribe exhibits the power of fear and superiority. The tribe is able to display and spread  imperialism. Also they are able to emphasize their threatening power throughout the country.