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One word for this book: disdain.
I first read this book decades ago as a young high school student and loved it. This story of a Nigerian village being transformed by their initial encounter with British missionaries bent on colonizing the native population is told with a sympathetic bent for the male Nigerians. As a young teen, I was fascinated by the tribal traditions and heartbroken for the loss of this way of life. This time, I was struck by the similarities between the tribal leadership and the Europeans: their shared use
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Very interesting book. I enjoyed the historical details of life in an African country.
Beautifully written. I hope my daughter one day reads it and feels the same curiosity, sadness, and outrage that I felt reading it. Somewhat similar to Okonkwo's desire to have his sons be manly warriors such as himself, I wish for my daughter to be a inquisitive bookworm like myself.
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The Struggle Between Change and Tradition
It's 3 1/2 stars.
It's undeniable that this book doesn't touch the strings that belong to our culture.
Nevertheless it's a must read, to learn and understand better a culture we don't know and that we destroyed without any second thought.
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It's undeniable that this book doesn't touch the strings that belong to our culture.
Nevertheless it's a must read, to learn and understand better a culture we don't know and that we destroyed without any second thought.
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