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Title: Weep Not, Child by Ngugi wa Thiong'o ISBN: 0-435-90830-8 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 30 April, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Plight of the African people
Comment: "Weep Not, Child" chronicles a young boy, Njoroge, as he grows up admist the Mau Mau war and the conflict between the African natives and the British colonial rulers. The book is in essence about the hopes and dreams of a young boy coming being affected by the outside world and how the outside world changes a person.
The novel also addresses the political conflict that was occurring in Kenya in the 1950's. The author incorporates a description of the power of the white rulers, the bitterness of the Africans at being enslaved on their own land and their attempt to rise up against the tyranny, and finally deals with the poor relations between the blacks and Indian merchants, who are looked down upon by the black community.
I read this novel as a part of my IB English class. We read this book in combination with "1984" (Orwell). It was a very powerful story when it dealt with Njoroge's life, his thoughts and his feelings but due to the length of the novel (136 pages) one only gets a fairly superficial explanation of the historical and cultural context of the book. Also, this novel is a book in translation, so some of the sentence and grammatical structure can be a bit tricky at times. All in all, a very good book.
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Title: Things Fall Apart : A Novel by Chinua Achebe ISBN: 0385474547 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Thiongs Ngugi-Wa, Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Ngugi W. Thiong'o, Ngguggi ISBN: 0140153519 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The River Between by Ngugi wa Thiong'o ISBN: 0435905481 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 11 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba ISBN: 0435905554 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 28 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Nervous Conditions 3 Ed by Tsitsi Dangarembga ISBN: 1580050638 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: 09 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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