The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger

"He had already chosen the title of the book, after much thought: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger." (Chapter 25)

This is the last sentence of the novel. The District  Commissioner has decided to write a book recording the acts of the Igbo people. This is the title he chooses and it shows how little he knows about the Igbo people. "Pacification" and "primitive" are supposed to make the Igbo people seem like helpless peasants who do not know how to live correctly. The Igbo people are not stupid, they are civilized in their own unique ways. Their beliefs differ from that of the white people, but it does not mean they are any less civilized.