The great idea of Biatas' father is to adopt tubab children. Certainly, Europe is a developed country and Africa is a developing country. However, there are a lot of things which African know and European don't know. The idea is good for share their knowledge and respect each other.
Binta's cousin wanted go to school, but her father prevented her from going to school. Her father had a thought that women should stay home and work for only home, even though his daughter desire to go to school. Finally, she could go to school, thanks to help of other's. Once the Japanese has the thought like Soda's father. I wish a lot of people like Soda's father notice to the importance of studying.