“Bleeding of the Stone” was certainly an interesting book, but I was unsure about it at first. It didn’t seem to have direct correlation with political events and Africa as a whole as did the other books we read. It seemed to focus only on this select group of people and their relationships with one another.
However, this actually was related to the politics of Africa as a whole. It showed the relationship between followers of the different religions that were introduced to the Africans during the colonization period. It showed that these different religious groups did not necessarily get along. It was another example of the uncertainty and instability Africans felt after they successfully drove out the colonizers. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done. Africa had become dependent upon Europeans for everything, especially since they had been forced into adopting European currency, hence the idea of neocolonialism.
“Bleeding of the Stone” showed the fragile nature of the Africans in post-colonial Africa, as well as their fragile relationships with each other.
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