Both Uses of
emissary
in
Things Fall Apart
- And so when Okonkwo of Umuofia arrived at Mbaino as the proud and imperious emissary of war, he was treated with great honour and respect, and two days later he returned home with a lad of fifteen and a young virgin.
p. 12.6 *emissary = someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of a group
- Whenever Nwoye's mother sang this song he felt carried away to the distant scene in the sky where Vulture, Earth's emissary, sang for mercy.
p. 53.9emissary = someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else