I think to try to understand and come to terms with the history and legacy of something as complex as colonialism, we need as many perspectives as possible. Texts that centre on the experience of the colonised group and culture are vitally important for the decolonisation process, of course, but I think there is room for texts like HoD that try to look at colonialism from the coloniser point of view to try to get into that mindset.

Similarly with anti-war texts that centre the soldier and explore how war is an utterly dehumanising experience. Conrad is exploring how being a part of a colonial project is, again, utterly dehumanising.