However, Christianity, as adapted by colonists, enjoys one unifying and written religious belief that does not vary with the various religious leaders: "There is only one true God and He has the earth, the sky, you and me and all of us" (146). The indigenous peoples desire to find one unifying religious belief that would support them with all their problems and fortune. Christianity, as portrayed in the books, values equality among everybody and treats every person of social structure equally; however, the indigenous beliefs of African tribes do not favor those people of lower social status and treat them as inferiors. The Ibo society values only those people of wealth, success, and social status, discounting the people of lower social class and women. The Umuofian culture includes a clear distinction between classes of social structure, not valuing the individuals of poorer class, but defining them as second-rate people. In contrast to the Ibo beliefs, Christianity is a monotheistic religion, thus, giving more unified religious belief to the Ibo society: "Before God there is no slave or free. We are all children of God - (156). Christianity treats all its followers the same way, accepting every Christian with the same importance, ignoring the fact of social status and their possessions. Christianity bases its faith on equality between everybody and on single amalgamating and unifying religious principles, thereby, providing unity and equality to the Ibo society.
With the establishment of imperialist colonies in the Ibo society, the value of agricultural achievements and the general economy of the indigenous population of Umuofia change to a more stable economy and less dependent on the nature's changing fortunes. The only way to survive and earn any social status in the Ibo society before the establishment of the imperialist colonies heavily relied on the agricultural productivity of food crops: "Yam stood for manliness, and he who could feed his family on yams from one harvest to another was a very great man indeed" (33).
