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on the style, I have to agree with both of you issybird and bookpossum - I was puzzled too, but then got into the rhythm.
And there is a lot of violence and lack of sympathy in the pre-colonial era: indeed, nothing changes much from one to the other in terms of principles, the weaker will succumb or be cast away. What changes is who is weak, and Okonkwo cannot bend to conform to the new role in a way than the losers in his society do. And as the commissioner misjudges the natives and prefers to listen to a grossly collected "truth", so Okonkwo misjudges his own children.
Thanks sunsurfer, greatly enjoyed it!
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