I read this book when I was very young and hated it because i did not understand it. I read it later in college, and i want to say I understand it so much better now than I did then. I do not think the book is a masterpiece, but I understand and appreciate what he was trying to do. And as an African, I am glad he did write this book. I still don't think it was a masterpiece, but I'm glad he did write it.