Weep not, child / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo

By:

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, 1938-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: African Writers SeriesPublication details: London : Heinemann, 1987.Description: 136 p. ; 19 cmISBN:

0435908308

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction.

DDC classification:

F NGU 22

LOC classification:

PR9381.9.N45 W44 2012

Other classification:

FIC019000

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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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Fiction	F NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00009809
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Fiction	F NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00006000

"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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