How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
All Africans are the same in these rites. (2.2.9)
Okay, sorry, Baroness, but we're calling you out on this one. Seriously, all Africans are the same? She only really gets to know a couple of different tribes, the Somalis and the Kikuyu, but she's ready to cast a wide net and say that all Africans have the same understanding of justice. But we'll cut her some slack, because generalizations are an easy trap to fall into when you're a foreigner looking at everyone as The Other.
Quote #5
The old men felt themselves at the mercy of Somali mockery, and chose to lie low under it. (2.3.21)
Because of the Baroness' sweeping perspective of all Africans as the same, we can sometimes forget that Farah, too, is a foreigner looking upon the natives as the Other. He is pretty haughty about it too.
Quote #6
Left to their own nature, and to the tradition of their nation, they will look upon our activities as upon those of nature. They judge you not, but they are keen observers. (2.4.10)
The Baroness is describing the Kikuyus and all other tribes of Africa in this statement, and "our" must mean Europeans. This lack of judgment is not the pious lack of judgment that Christians might strive for, but in the Baroness' eyes it's just another way that the Other is different from "us".