<span>a sense of place for the reader a hint of the rhythm of Igbo conversation
</span>two effects created by the use of Igbo language in the novel are the sense of place for the reader and a hint of the rhythm of Igbo conversation. Igbo is the principal language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria. The first book which contained some Igbo words was <span>History of the Mission of the Evangelical Brothers in the Caribbean.</span>
It's a run on sentence because there is no conjunction separating the two sentences. If there was an and (your conjunction) then it would be considered a compound sentence. Hopefully this helps.