Now, I was quite willing to contend that there were a number of things wrong with the novel, that it had failed in a number of places, but I had not quite imagined that it had failed at achieving something called African authenticity.
وكنت على استعداد تام لأزعم أن هناك عددا من الأشياء كانت خطأ في الرواية، وأنها فشلت في عدة أماكن. لكني لم أستطيع التخيّل أنها فشلت في تحقيق شئ يسمى بأفريقية أصلية.