Imbolo Mbue’s novel shows us that when the West fails to act on simple issues like the respect of human life, the containment of pollution, etc., people in Africa and abroad are pushed to using extreme means like terrorism to enforce them, but when the West does act, for instance to stop slavery as Equiano shows, all of us gain from it

Imbolo Mbue’s novel shows us that when the West fails to act on simple issues like the respect of human life, the containment of pollution, etc., people in Africa and abroad are pushed to using extreme means like terrorism to enforce them, but when the West does act, for instance to stop slavery as Equiano shows, all of us gain from it