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I find it very difficult to review a book like this one. It is well-written and a rare glimpse of Africa from the viewpoint of a 19th century tribe before and at the onset of colonization. It has found a significant place in the literary cannon, and I feel that it is well-deserved, and yet it left me almost untouched.
Most of the ideas and customs of the tribe were too foreign for me to relate to. I cannot excuse, in my mind, the murder of twins, the mutilation of a baby because ...more
I find it very difficult to review a book like this one. It is well-written and a rare glimpse of Africa from the viewpoint of a 19th century tribe before and at the onset of colonization. It has found a significant place in the literary cannon, and I feel that it is well-deserved, and yet it left me almost untouched.
Most of the ideas and customs of the tribe were too foreign for me to relate to. I cannot excuse, in my mind, the murder of twins, the mutilation of a baby because ...more
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