This article aims at showing how harmful modernity can be for rural life in Africa despite the numerous advantages it brings to people. Modernity has numerous advantages. Indeed, with its advent, the world has evolved and even the most remote places have been reached by its tentacles. However, despite all these advantages, Modernity, has drastic impacts on rural life. The story in the novel Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah is very interesting. In the novel, villagers from Imperi experienced the bitterness of development. They saw their habits change drastically. In fact, things they were used to do that strengthened harmony and connected them to the ancestors suddenly took an end. To solve the problem, some will resort to violence but, at the end, the whole village will be compelled to depart from Imperi leaving definitely behind all the memories and connection to the land.