Things Fall Apart

What turns out to be the real underlying reason for the white mans succes in Umuofia?

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That would be trade and economics. The white man brings his destructive religion and the yoke of his laws, but he also brings a trade center. The people of Umuofia begin to profit from selling local products, and so not all of the people of Umuofia oppose the whites as much as Okonkwo.