Weep Not, Child

Weep Not, Child Is a powerful, very moving story about the effects of the Mau Mau war on the lives of ordinary men and women. Its author, Ngügi is one of Africa's most influential and exciting writers, and this, his second novel, is one of the best-known novels in Africa.

This delicate story is a skilful work of art. The writing is terse, and well controlled. Most of all it deserves reading for the quality of the language, and the way it is shaped; its artistic successes." Times Literary Supplement

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 carpenter. 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 the 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.

Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o

ISBN: 9780435908300