Weep Not, Child (Penguin African Writers)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143106694 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Four Stars" according to FoxydivaFour Stars The book was interesting! However, the ending was disappointing; it didn't end how I thought it would.. 28. The book was interesting! However, the ending was disappointing; it didn't end how I thought it would.. "but the caliber of today's African leaders are worse than any colonial master" according to Allhailthequeenb. This was mandatory read back (way back) in secondary school but the struggle in Kenya pervades in today's disenfranchised "Africa" resulting in the kidnapping of the "Nigerian Chibok girls" to the west; hijacking of ocean liners by Somalian pirates in the east; economic mismanagement by leadership of most southern African countr. Steven Davis said Coming of age in a divided African land. Weep Not, Child is the coming of age story of a young man named Njoroge, whose promising future is threatened by civil unrest that brings divisions within his own community and family.The setting is the author's native Kenya during the 1950s at a time when the native African population was pressing for equality and eventual inde
. He lives in Irvine, California, where he is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.Ben Okri won the Booker Prize in 1991 for his novel The Famished Road. Ngugi wa Thiong'o is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been tr
To my mind it is classic Ngugi, his Romeo and Juliet, his tale of young love set against the backdrop of opposing families and a world seething with violence and injustice.” —Ben Okri, from the Introduction . “One of the signal novels to emerge from an artist listening to both the well of tradition and the troubled oracles of his time In Weep Not, Child, Ngugi’s art is at its purest
But this is Kenya, and the times are against them: In the forests, the Mau Mau is waging war against the white government, and the two brothers and their family need to decide where their loyalties lie. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. The great Kenyan writer's powerful first novel—his best-known workTwo brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage hea