Of course, you've probably already heard tales of how things seemed when Europeans landed in Africa. But you would likely have received the European perspective. This novel is from the point of view of an African village and one of its leaders, who is the novel's protagonist.
In the first half of the book, nothing seems to happen, which left me somewhat frustrated/bewildered. But I think this "time" is taken to accustom the reader to the village's culture, which is very different from our own. Once you are immersed in village customs, only then does it make sense to introduce the colonizers, who have very different ideas about how things ought to be.
Apparently, it is a staple book in schools in Africa, and I highly recommend Things Fall Apart
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