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Weep not, child / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo

By:

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, 1938-

Contributor(s):

Okri, Ben

Material type:

TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2012.Description: xvi, 149 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780435908300

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction.

DDC classification:

823/.914 23

LOC classification:

PR9381.9.N45 1987

Other classification:

FIC019000

Online resources:

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Summary: "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.First published in 1964, Weep Not, Child is a moving novel about the effects of the infamous Mau Mau uprising on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular"-- Provided by publisher.

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	L	Maasai Mara University Library -Main Campus				FIC PR9381.9 .N45 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			17029226

"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.First published in 1964, Weep Not, Child is a moving novel about the effects of the infamous Mau Mau uprising on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular"-- Provided by publisher.

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Weep not, child / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo