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Weep not, child

Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Publisher: London : Heinemann Educational, 1964
Series: African writers series
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpetner. Together, they will serve their country--the teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, and the rest of their family,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Political fiction.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
ISBN: 0435908308 : 9780435908300 0435908316 9780435908317
OCLC Number: 16078013
Description: 136 p. ; 20 cm.
Series Title: African writers series
Responsibility: Ngũgı̃ wa Thiong'o.

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"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpetner. Together, they will serve their country--the teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up"--back cover.

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