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“It is against our custom,” said one of the men. “It is an abomination for a man to take his own life. It is an offense against the Earth, and a man who commits it will not be buried by his clansmen. His body is evil, and only strangers may touch it. That is why we ask your people to bring him down, because you are strangers.” “Will you bury him like any other man?” asked the Commissioner.
“That man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now he will be buried like a dog….” He could not say any more. His voice trembled and choked his words.
He had already chosen the title of the book, after much thought: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger.
