African Writers Series: Weep Not, Child
Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One by is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpenter. Together, they will serve their country - the teacher and the craftsman.
Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One by is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpenter. Together, they will serve their country - the teacher and the craftsman.But this is Kenya, and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and the two brothers, Kamau and Njoroge, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up.Weep Not, Child, is a powerful, very moving story about the effects of the Mau Mau war on the lives of ordinary men and women. Its author, Ngugi, is one of Africa's most influential and exciting writers, and this, his second novel, is one of the best-known novels in Africa.
Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One by is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpenter. Together, they will serve their country - the teacher and the craftsman.But this is Kenya, and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and the two brothers, Kamau and Njoroge, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up.Weep Not, Child, is a powerful, very moving story about the effects of the Mau Mau war on the lives of ordinary men and women. Its author, Ngugi, is one of Africa's most influential and exciting writers, and this, his second novel, is one of the best-known novels in Africa.
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