In my jurisdiction, the Igbo culture and the Filipino culture weaves together perfectly in term of being colonized and being ripped off of their freedom. Although, in relation to the story, the Africans were mere desecrated on their culture, their vast culture. One of which was disrespected by school headmaster. His view was on the efficiency of the transportation not the values of which these natives have kept for so many years.
In the Philippines, we have similar writers such as Jose Rizal, Francisco Balagtas and many more that speak of such like what Achebe wrote about. They aim for freedom, the thought of their own culture, their own lives, given before them along their hands. They focused on the rude culture of the conquerors. The sick mistreatment of such disrespectful gentlemen, whom they claim to have been our masters. Even up to know, this mistreatment is carried up to history and is now distinguished by racism. An act of superior stupidity of "masters" onto unslaved slaves. (free men)
In the story, I felt really familiar with how they were treated, leveled and thought of. Somehow, the time when they were mistreated like this was similar to the time where a revolt took place in my country. This was when we rose up against the conquerors, and defied the odds stacked against us.We were influenced by literature and events that took place afterwards. Our culture was preserved throughout the years of colonization and was put to use. The undisputed bravery of a true Filipino fought in the revolution. This is what the Africans did, but in a way that transparent blood was shed not scarlet drips. In the story, culture was always above slavery.
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