Bifurcation of Narration

"We have always done things this way" (172).

This passage is a bit more oblique than the previous passages have been, but is in the place that the kola nut entries usually are, so I can only assume it is in reference to the kola nut. It is difficult to determine the tone that is being used in this passage, and its general intent is unclear. Perhaps it is used as a tool to signify to the reader that the voice of the kola nut entries is not the voice of the author or the narrator that narrates the rest of the story. This is an indication that the narrator is somehow a bifurcated personality, or there are two narrators. This element gives the secondary author (which is what I will call the voice of the kola nut passage) an air of authority; the voice is one that imparts knowledge. This passage, however, ties the traditional to the older generation, by saying "We" and "always" points to the idea that the youth are disconnected from the past, be it a good or bad thing.