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Nwamgba's friend Ayaju is explaining to her why she's decided to send her son to a mission school. Ayaju recognizes that there's power in violence and weapons in particular, and she hopes that her son will be able to make use of this power if he attends school.
As "The Headstrong Historian" traces the origins of British colonial rule in Nigeria, it provides a starting point for understanding the violence that the Nigerian characters experience in the other stories that take place in a later time period. Though the first generation of this story (Nwamgba and her Ayaju) mention things…