The concept of “African identity” is intricate and multidimensional, encompassing a wide variety of African cultures, ethnicities, languages, histories, and experiences. Language pertains to an important aspect of culture. With almost 2,000 different languages spoken there, Africa has enormous linguistic diversity. Multilingual Africans frequently speak multiple languages within their communities. The paper intends to examine the intricacies of cultural identity in lieu of the conflict faced by the Igbo community in Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God in the light of the most dominant community of Africa, Igbo. The importance of culture and tradition in a society like Igbo played a crucial role in forming the identity of the African people with which they related to the most and became the main reason for their retaliation against the colonizers. The study garners an eclectically approach which further relates to the concept of colonialism in the realm of African society and culture as portrayed in Arrow of God.