When Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Right now I'm almost done reading Chinua Achebe's When Things Fall Apart. His writing is so proper. The male centered descriptions are hard to ignore (male weakness = being womanly, for example) but it takes me to an imaginary time when "missionaries" first arrived in an African country to introduce the Christian religion and its government. Okonwko, the main character is a strong warrior that is broken apart by the agenda of the missionaries. Towards the end you realize it's not just Okonwko that's falling apart but his clan, his family (Nwoye), his people all fall apart. "Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act as one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart."