‘When the district Commissioner arrived at Okonkwo’s compound at the head of an armed band…

‘When the district Commissioner arrived at Okonkwo’s compound at the head of an armed band of Soldiers and court messengers he found a small crowd of men sitting wearily in the “obi” He commanded them to come outside, and they obeyed without a murmur’
This passage from Things Fall Apart suggests that one of the reasons why traditional African society disintegrated was that Africans are