Chinua Achebe
I was looking for books that would diversify my reading - books from other countries, or other races. This one kept popping up on the lists that I could find so I ordered it from the library.
It was written 60+ years ago and tells the story of a late eighteenth century village in Africa. The main character is a strongman who gets banished from his tribe for seven years after accidentally killing a fellow villager. Fast forward seven years and the strongman comes back to his village after religious missionaries have been at work.
The style of writing was quite fascinating, a circular spiral that kept reinforcing things but then adding in new bits of information. It was a great read and I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get a different perspective on the world... and on the impacts of European colonization of sub-Saharan Africa.
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