Weep not, child / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo

By:

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, 1938-

Material type:

TextPublication details: Kigali : East African Educational publishers Ltd, 2018.Description: 133 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9789966460011 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction.

DDC classification:

823.914 23 NGU

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	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Education Library Reserve Section	823.914 NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from Education Library to Mukombe Library since 28.10.2024	3743
Book	Mukombe Library Reserve Section	823.914 NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from Mukombe Library to Education Library since 08.10.2024	3747
Book	Education Library Reserve Section	823.914 NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from Education Library to Mukombe Library since 19.12.2024	3746
Book	Education Library Reserve Section	823.914 NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	3748
Book	Mukombe Library Reserve Section	823.914 NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	3745
Book	Education Library Reserve Section	823.914 NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	3744
Book	Education Library Reserve Section	823.914 NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from Education Library to Mukombe Library since 19.12.2024	3749

"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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