Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Set in the 1890's the early part of the book tells the storyy of life in Igboland before the coming of the white man. Things begin to change and fall apart with the arrival of the Christian missionaries. Igbo religion, customs and traditions are all threatened.
The central character in the book is Okonkwo a leader and great wrestler who accidently takes the life of one of his clansmen and is banished from the village. On his return some seven years later he finds that the tribe's beliefs and customs are being replaced by Christianity and tragically struggles to put a stop to it. Not a book I would normally read. At first I found it a little difficult but glad I stuck with it. Historically very informative.

Tony Riley