Throughout the years, the culture has changed depending on the population, causing negative reactions from some and acceptance from others. In "Dead Men's Path", Michael Obi, the headmaster of Ndume Central School, has different religious beliefs from the village he lives in. He want to close the path between two important places of the village but the villagers don’t want. They said that it will compromises their heritage and culture. The problem in the story is that Obi want to changes the village for one more Modern but the villagers and the village priest of Ani don’t want. In this story, there is a good example of the conflict between tradition and modernity. I’ll will explain to you in detail the conflict in the book and I’ll tell you what I think about it and how each side of the problem should have react. Tradition is the main theme of this story, as the purpose of the ancient path is discovered and the reactions from Obi and the villagers define the importance of tradition to everyone involved. Michael Obi obtained the responsibility to be the headmaster of Ndume Central School in January 1949. The problem is that Obi doesn’t have the same way of thinking that the villagers and the village priest of Ani have. Michael and his young wife have modern thinking. They know that the school is very for the tradition and they want to turn it into all modern. Effectively, his wife affirm: "We shall have such beautiful gardens and everything will be just, modern and delightful1". When Obi saw a girl from the village hobble right across the compound, he decided to close the path between the village shrine and their place of burial. Michael asked if it will be possible to create a new one further but the priest doesn’t want because they follow the practices of their fathers. For this reason, the renovation of Michael Obi for his school caused a big conflict between him and the village priest of Abi because the headmaster wants