The big chiefs / Meja Mwangi

Public ISBD Titre : The big chiefs Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Meja Mwangi Editeur : Nairobi [Kenya] : East African Educational Publishers Année de publication : 2008 Collection : Peak library num. 60 Importance : vi, 225 p. Présentation : couv. ill. en coul. Format : 21 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-9966-25-554-9 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : After a successful career as a Government Minister, the Old Man breaks ranks with the Big Chiefs and is banished to a remote outpost in the Northern Frontier. In an emotional recollection to the Boy, he reveals how the Big Chiefs used the colonial labels of tall and short to set their subjects against one another. Although he is caught up in the genocide that ensues, the Old Mn lives to tell his story, albeit with bitterness. The mind-boggling question for the Boy is why a people who fasted and feasted together, lived and reasoned together, intermarried and integrated, should suddenly rise against each other's kith and kin. Yet like the Old Man who had made to the top, gloat over power and wealth and came tumbling down to the Pit, the young generation is only but searching for a spark of light to illuminate the inherent evil so evident in the hearts of men--and women--who believe in the right of might. The Big Chiefs is the story of greed for power and wealth at the expense of the sacred pillar of humanity. The novel is as apocalyptic as it is a gloomy narration of the arrogance that comes with absolute power. (4e de la couv.) The big chiefs [texte imprimé] / Meja Mwangi . - Nairobi [Kenya] : East African Educational Publishers, 2008 . - vi, 225 p. : couv. ill. en coul. ; 21 cm. - (Peak library; 60) . ISBN : 978-9966-25-554-9 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : After a successful career as a Government Minister, the Old Man breaks ranks with the Big Chiefs and is banished to a remote outpost in the Northern Frontier. In an emotional recollection to the Boy, he reveals how the Big Chiefs used the colonial labels of tall and short to set their subjects against one another. Although he is caught up in the genocide that ensues, the Old Mn lives to tell his story, albeit with bitterness. The mind-boggling question for the Boy is why a people who fasted and feasted together, lived and reasoned together, intermarried and integrated, should suddenly rise against each other's kith and kin. Yet like the Old Man who had made to the top, gloat over power and wealth and came tumbling down to the Pit, the young generation is only but searching for a spark of light to illuminate the inherent evil so evident in the hearts of men--and women--who believe in the right of might. The Big Chiefs is the story of greed for power and wealth at the expense of the sacred pillar of humanity. The novel is as apocalyptic as it is a gloomy narration of the arrogance that comes with absolute power. (4e de la couv.)

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The last plague / Meja Mwangi

Public ISBD Titre : The last plague Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Meja Mwangi, Auteur Editeur : Nairobi [Kenya] : East African Educational Publishers Année de publication : 2008, c2000 Collection : Peak library fiction Importance : vi, 422 p. Présentation : couv. ill. en coul. Format : 18 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 9966-250-64-6 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Kenya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Kenya -- Sida -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : In this work, Meja examines the enigma of AIDS, an epidemic that is fast sweeping across Africa. Crossroads' very existence comes under threat when the dreaded AIDS starts killing its villagers one by one. Little attention is paid to Janet who gives out free condoms to villages, until Broker, her runaway husband comes back, ailing with AIDS. Broker cashes in on the situation and starts selling the condoms. This yields results as men and women--young and old alike-are curious to know more about them. Broker finally dies leaving a question on everybody's mind: could this plague wipe out Crossroads? The last plague [texte imprimé] / Meja Mwangi, Auteur . - Nairobi [Kenya] : East African Educational Publishers, 2008, c2000 . - vi, 422 p. : couv. ill. en coul. ; 18 cm. - (Peak library fiction) . ISBN : 9966-250-64-6 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Kenya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Kenya -- Sida -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : In this work, Meja examines the enigma of AIDS, an epidemic that is fast sweeping across Africa. Crossroads' very existence comes under threat when the dreaded AIDS starts killing its villagers one by one. Little attention is paid to Janet who gives out free condoms to villages, until Broker, her runaway husband comes back, ailing with AIDS. Broker cashes in on the situation and starts selling the condoms. This yields results as men and women--young and old alike-are curious to know more about them. Broker finally dies leaving a question on everybody's mind: could this plague wipe out Crossroads?

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