Ibo people and British

Over the time that the white people were in Umuofia, the Ibo people's attitudes have changed significantly. When they first came, the people from Abame were afraid of them because they had never even known that white people existed. So they killed him, and in turn, the white men wiped out all of Abame. So this situation set the groundwork for the Ibo and white men's attitudes towards each other. This situation instilled fear in the Ibo, and some haughtiness in the white men.
The white people then tried to convert the Ibo to Christianity by saying that the Ibo gods were not real. They said there is only one God, and that all the other gods are not real. This offended the Ibo people and later confused them because then the missionaries said that there were three parts of this God. The white men did not care for the Ibo's religious sentiments. Both groups of people did not try to understand each other.
Mr. Brown was the only one who tried to understand, though. He listened to what the Ibo's religion is and saw some similarities between the two religions. His conscientiousness saved the reverend after him, who might have been killed when the egwugwu burned down the church.
The British just viewed the Ibo as uncivilized people who needed to be "pacified." If the British took the time to try to understand the Ibo people, then maybe their relationship would've been a lot better, and they wouldn't have had the problems that they had.