This book is mandatory reading for second year HS students so thought I'd read it and see what it's all about!
Though a good summary of Nigerian culture, a mish-mash of folk tales and stories of the main family's life left us wondering what the point of the book was. Last section tells of arrival of white missionaries and their attempts to dwell alongside the traditional tribesmen while trying to convert their kin. The book ends unexpectedly and the only point seems to be that the whites should never have come to try to take over from the natives. Really? Roots is a much better novel..........
Though a good summary of Nigerian culture, a mish-mash of folk tales and stories of the main family's life left us wondering what the point of the book was. Last section tells of arrival of white missionaries and their attempts to dwell alongside the traditional tribesmen while trying to convert their kin. The book ends unexpectedly and the only point seems to be that the whites should never have come to try to take over from the natives. Really? Roots is a much better novel..........
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