In this recently re-published classic of African literature in English, the passing of the traditional world of the Ibo tribe is told through the life of Okonkwo, the village's strong man, who returns from exile - after inadvertently killing a clansman - to find missionaries in his village and a District Commissioner down the road. This is Africa from the inside in a stark but beautiful piece of story-telling (and, indeed, history-telling).
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 40 June 2007 ) |
