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As in A Man of the People, No Longer at Ease (1960; see separate entry) attacks irresponsibility in government takes its toll on the personal lives of all Nigerians, including those who have benefited from the educational system, started in colonial days. Okonkwo's grandson, who by being educated in England, rises to a good position as a colonial civil servant, meets his downfall when he accepts a bribe. Achebe regards him as a victim of a complex web of circumstances and contradictions woven by Colonialism.
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