before the white men come to the african tribes to take them over the tribes people do not believe that white people actually exist and they would never have the nerve to go against their religion or there laws. they british people view the tribes people as not being people they do not think that they actually count as people. they look down on them but still manage to get a few of them to follow their ways and become a "part" of their society. the british people treat the african village people that do not convert to christianity as lesser people they beat them and mock them and look down on them. the british think that the africans are lesser and their culture andare fake and incorrect. belifs 

the way that okonowo shows that he doesn't care about people by beating his family, threatening them, and making fun of them. like his son he doesn't like or care about because he is "weak" so okonowo views him as looking like his father. okon0w0 also beats his wife when she went to get her hair done and forgot to prepare dinner for him. he didn't even ask where she was he just beat her senseless because his tummy was empty. in some ways he does show that he cares but in a way he was showing that he only cared about the strong. when his daughter was taken he followed but only because he thinks she would have made a good man because she is strong and smart.

my oppinion is that Okonowo is a bad guy but he has good intentions in what he is doing. but all that he wants to do is propmote himself and that is not right like when he beats his wifes to make him self feel strong or when he kills his "son" to make the men think that he is strong.