Analyzes VIII (Chapter 2)

"Okonkwo had just blown out the palm-oil lamp and stretched himself on his bamboo bed when he heard the ogene of the town crier piercing the still night air. Gome, gome, gome, boomed the hollow metal. Then the crier gave his message, and at the end of it beat his instrument again."

With the ogene being symbolized as a drum, it's clear that they use this as a tool to convey messages across tribes. What surprises me is Okonkwo's lack of reaction or emotion to the "piercing cry." I assume that the ogene signal is a very frequent sound in the village.

Unlike other instruments that convey messages.