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She says that she will take Papa-Nnukwu to get tests done, as at least the labs at the medical centre are still open. She says that she will take Papa-Nnukwu to get tests done, as at least the labs at the medical centre are still. The medical lab staff is on strike too, so Aunty Ifeoma cannot get tests done on Papa-Nnukwu. He feels well enough to join them for dinner. In Purple Hibiscus, Papa-Nnukwu represents indigenous culture, specifically that of Igboland. Papa-Nnukwu is the father of Eugene and Ifeoma. He is not Roman Catholic, as are his children, but instead follows the traditional Igbo religion. In Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, Eugene ("Papa") does not like his father, Papa-Nnukwu, because the latter is an Igbo who refuses to convert to Christianity. While Eugene's sister, Ifeoma, accepts their father for who he is, Eugene does not.