A lot of post-independence sub-Saharan fiction is worth your time for the insights, the wisdom, and the writing. This is not one of those books. The author, a Ghanaian journalist, wrote this in 1969 and although it’s an easy read, it’s more nearly a “young adult” book than anything else. The subject is the conflict between tradition and modernity but the story has been far better told by too many other writers. The story is simplistic in the extreme and, though clearly written, just isn’t worth your time. ( )