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Weep Not, Child

of NgƩgĩ wa Thiong'o

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Weep Not, Child is a moving novel about the effects of the Mau Mau uprising on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular. Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will train to be a carpenter. 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. For the practical Kamau, 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 NgĆ©gĩ’s first novel, published in 1964.

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Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 136 pages
  • Publisher Heinemann Educational Books
  • Publication Date April 28th 1988
  • First Publication 05/06/64
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780435908300
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category History & Politics
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