Weep Not, Child
Okri, Ben. 2012. Weep Not, Child. With Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiongβo. Penguin African Writers Ser, v. 3. Penguin Publishing Group.
Notes
- Interesting parallels between India and Kenya
- Reminded me a lot of the movie Viduthalai especially in terms of the tensions between money, power, and group-based solidarity
In-text annotations
"T his story is set in Kenya in the late 1950s and the early 1960s. At that time, Kenya was a British colony." (Page 6)
"She wanted Njoroge to get the white man's education." (Page 19)
"Blackness is not all that makes a man,' Kamau replied bitterly. 'Rich men - black or white - never want others to get] rich. Sometimes a European is better than an African. A white man is a white man. But a black man trying to be a white man is bad and harsh5" (Page 20)