This is a novel about the clash of Nigerian traditional culture with British colonial power at the turn of the 20th century. The author is Nigerian and wrote the book about what would have been the experiences of his grandfather's generation. This book does much to do away with the perception of Af...
This is one of those books that I finished with mutual admiration and disappointment. Despite its economy in style and the author's clear involvement in his characters, I found the book difficult to stay with taking me much longer than it usually takes me to finish the slightly over 200 pages. The m...
I'd rate it 3.5 if Goodreads allowed me. But it can't be 3, so i rate it 4.Its an important work coming from Africa and a must read for any student of colonial history. The first and second parts of the three part story drag a bit but the third part really picks up in pace and seriousness.
Nasty protagnist is exiled at height of his local authority, then returns to hometown after arrival of British Empire, gets involved with a failed uprising.As horrible as the locals happen to be, they are saints compared to the Empire, which casually destroys towns and imposes its lunatic religion o...
um. objectively, i wish this had more in it. more story, more character development, more plot, more description of what i assume is the author's point, better writing. maybe that's my white western idea of how this novel should be, but there you have it.great review, although i don't agree with ...
I don't think I can rate this. I was bored to tears. I wanted to like it or least be interested by it, but I just wasn't. I didn't hate it, it just felt like reading the ingredients on a lysol can or something: it was just something to do, but not something I'd want to do again.
I just wrote about books that you butt your head against, again and again in an effort to understand, but this is one that perhaps that process happened more literally than teacher's would have liked. I first encountered this book in middle school, where it was roundly despised, then in College, whe...
Tremendous portrayal of Nigerian tribal life at the moment of the coming of white missionaries. The changing clan culture is seen through the eyes of a single man, prominent but not supreme in his village, whose fortunes are determined by both his own character and complicated turns of fate.
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