Tradionalist, cautious, orthodox, leaning to the right, unprogressive.

unprogressive

It is set in 1949 at the unprogressive Ndume Central School in the Village of Ndube, Nigeria.

cautious, constant, controlled, conventional, fearful, firm, fogyish, guarded, hardbound, illiberal, inflexible, moderate, obstinate, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, undaring, unprogressive

The setting is a progessive school in a Native African superstitious village.