The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger is one the greatest endings to any book I have read. Wow. Achebe wrote a fantastic, heartfelt exposure of a culture while making me, a white man, feel outrage at the white man's destruction of a culture. At the same time, I feel for the missionaries that were sent into that culture to try and combat it in the ways open to them.
This book would be an incredible addition in a history class when discussing British Colonialism in Africa. This novel hits on so many emotional levels that every one should read it. This novel alone can serve as a discussion of social justice. In what ways are we still impeding and destroying cultures? How do we speak of respect then beat men's backs? Simply powerful.
I would definitely add this to a list of possible books to use in a classroom.
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