Weep Not, Child"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpetner. 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 two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, 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"--P. [4] of cover. |
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User Review - cameling - LibraryThingThe Mau Mau uprising in Kenya during the 1950s is featured in this story of 2 brothers, Njoroge and Kamau. Their lives and that of their family and many others are thrown into chaos when their ... Read full review
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User Review - kidzdoc - LibraryThingNgũgĩ's powerful debut novel about colonial Kenya was released in 1964 while he was a student at the University of Leeds, and was the first book published in English by an East African. The story is ... Read full review
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| Title | Weep Not, Child Volume 7 of African writers series, ISSN 0065-4108 Fiction, literature Heinemann African Writers Series |
| Authors | Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Pearson Education, Limited, 1987 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | Aug 22, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0435908308, 9780435908300 |
| Length | 136 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary Literary Collections / African |
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