Despite her age and her belief in the righteousness of Luo tradition, Granny is also surprisingly understanding of the fact that, as times change, people begin to look at tradition differently. Her grandchildren, she recognizes, will hear this story and think badly of their grandfather, which she doesn’t necessarily want them to do. As Barack mulls over his own sense of betrayal that Onyango never resisted white occupation, he has to confront the fact that he hoped his grandfather would’ve taken more pride in his identity as a Black person. Instead, he sees that Onyango compromised to survive.