Achebe definitely saw the future called westernization when he wrote 'u003cemu003eAnsweru003c/emu003e.' Since he didn't call that future a good thing, one can say 'u003cemu003eAnsweru003c/emu003e' is a premonition. However, the poem starts and ends on an optimistic note. The message between lines 26-31 is Achebe's hope for a future where fellow Africans don't feel inferior to Europeans. In this light, 'u003cemu003eAnsweru003c/emu003e' is not a premonition.