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Weep not, child / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2012.Description: xvi, 149 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780435908300
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9381.9.N45 1987
Other classification:
  • FIC019000
Online resources: 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 L Maasai Mara University Library -Main Campus FIC PR9381.9 .N45 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 17029226
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"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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