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To further complicate the specific situation, there is a simmering land dispute with a small piece of acreage called Igbodudu, now being controlled because of the Apenos but on that this Ipajas have made the claim. Two educated blacks coming from abroad figure prominently from this dispute. One is Udo Akpan, newly appointed District Officer for that region. The other is certainly Benja- Benja, nominally working as the journalist but also seeking other grander plans. Udo Akpan does have into the shoes of this white man. But he wants only one of the best for his people and his country. But doing the best manufactured difficult by the British failure to grant him vital information within the cocoa disease and various educated Africans - particularly Benja- Benja who gets the vital information before her and uses it to his very own end leaving the neighbors as helpless and bewildered victims could not differentiate between the professional men. This bewilderment is encapsulated inside the Oba of Ipaja's remark towards the local reverend, Josiah Olaiya:
You look at same books. We do not even
want Morrison. We do not want the Improvement Group. That is our final choice. '
The clash in the conclusion proves to be highly riotous and bloody with buildings destroyed the ones assaulted. Amongst those attacked was the narrator, Roberts, who had previously been working closely with typically the Alaiye.
Aluko's attitude to both forces usually is difficult to decipher, as he generally appear to be adopting a dispassionate stance towards the two traditional and the modern day. Though in the end he requires a definite stand, his comments are on no account restricted to any you side. Both cultures hence receive close scrutiny.
In One Fella, One Wife, we see much proof of sarcasm at the expense with the traditional. As Griffiths remarks:
Aluko sees nothing commendable or dignified about traditional tribal life. He laughs at the
Villagers who worship gods, super, iron and smallpox, along with the priests of these
Gods are invariably discovered as hypocrites and charlatans who victimize the superstitious
fears of their neighbors [ALT5]
The buffoonery and additionally incompetence of traditional rulers is hinted at from the chaotic local court market. When order has happen to be finally restored though transitory a President, beaming with joy continues:
'This is a significant case, ' he observed derived from one of associate judge to a second. 'This man
claims to get spent thirty-seven pounds. This unique woman admits only four pounds, five
shillings. The gap between thirty-seven unwanted weight and six pounds is not really narrow. What do you tell
it, Chief Osi? '
Chief Osi therefore ineffectually turns the make a difference over in his head and admitting of its difficulty hands it onto another chief. 9-12 bell yard