Kenyatta's jiggers / Charles Mangua

Public ISBD Titre : Kenyatta's jiggers Titre original : Kanina and I Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Charles Mangua Editeur : Nairobi [Kenya] : East African Educational Publishers Année de publication : 2000 Collection : Spear books num. 27 Importance : vi, 276 p. Format : 18 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-9966-25-026-1 Note générale : Publié d'abord sous titre : Kanina and I. 1994. Catégories : Kenya -- Histoire -- Mau Mau -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : The much-awaited Independence has come. Everybody is excited. Everyone has expectations from the new uhuru government Kenyatta is now the President. And he has to deal with groups of people who want to be given priority in the allocation of the national cake, whether they fought for independence or not. Like jiggers, they itch and irritate. They are Kenyatta's jiggers. In his characteristic humour and poignant wit, Charles Mangua relives the years of the Mau Mau freedom struggle, and eloquently projects the social stigma that afflicted the natives caught in between the "liberation" forces and the colonial administration. Using two orphans (courtesy of this war), he tells a tale of two immense loyalties: of those who took up arms against the colonial government, and of those who collaborated with the white man. For what gain? Independence has to decide. Kenyatta's jiggers = Kanina and I [texte imprimé] / Charles Mangua . - Nairobi [Kenya] : East African Educational Publishers, 2000 . - vi, 276 p. ; 18 cm. - (Spear books; 27) . ISBN : 978-9966-25-026-1 Publié d'abord sous titre : Kanina and I. 1994. Catégories : Kenya -- Histoire -- Mau Mau -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : The much-awaited Independence has come. Everybody is excited. Everyone has expectations from the new uhuru government Kenyatta is now the President. And he has to deal with groups of people who want to be given priority in the allocation of the national cake, whether they fought for independence or not. Like jiggers, they itch and irritate. They are Kenyatta's jiggers. In his characteristic humour and poignant wit, Charles Mangua relives the years of the Mau Mau freedom struggle, and eloquently projects the social stigma that afflicted the natives caught in between the "liberation" forces and the colonial administration. Using two orphans (courtesy of this war), he tells a tale of two immense loyalties: of those who took up arms against the colonial government, and of those who collaborated with the white man. For what gain? Independence has to decide.

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Weep not, child / [James] Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Public ISBD Titre : Weep not, child Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : [James] Ngugi wa Thiong'o Editeur : Londres - Royaume-Uni : William Heinemann Année de publication : 2001, c1992 Importance : viii, 134 p. Présentation : ill.; couv. ill. en coul. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-9966-46-001-1 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Frères -- Kenya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Garçons -- Kenya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Kenya -- Histoire -- Mau Mau -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Kenya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Above all, Njoroge wanted to become educated like the son of the rich farmer, Jacobo, who had finished all the learning in Kenya and would now go to England. Ngotho, Njoroge's father, worked for Mr. Howlands, the white settler from England, and both, in their different ways, felt the same powerful love for the rich red earth they farmed. At school, Njoroge was good at reading: education was the key to the future. When Jomo was arrested and the Emergency declared, it made very little difference at first--everybody knew Jomo would win. But one day Ngotho was arrested and tortured. Njoroge's brothers left to go to the big city or to join the freedom fighters in the forest. Gradually, all the family was drawn into the struggle and the war became a day-to-day tragedy. Weep not, child [texte imprimé] / [James] Ngugi wa Thiong'o . - Londres - Royaume-Uni (Londres - Royaume-Uni) : William Heinemann, 2001, c1992 . - viii, 134 p. : ill.; couv. ill. en coul. ; 20 cm. ISBN : 978-9966-46-001-1 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Frères -- Kenya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Garçons -- Kenya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Kenya -- Histoire -- Mau Mau -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Kenya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Above all, Njoroge wanted to become educated like the son of the rich farmer, Jacobo, who had finished all the learning in Kenya and would now go to England. Ngotho, Njoroge's father, worked for Mr. Howlands, the white settler from England, and both, in their different ways, felt the same powerful love for the rich red earth they farmed. At school, Njoroge was good at reading: education was the key to the future. When Jomo was arrested and the Emergency declared, it made very little difference at first--everybody knew Jomo would win. But one day Ngotho was arrested and tortured. Njoroge's brothers left to go to the big city or to join the freedom fighters in the forest. Gradually, all the family was drawn into the struggle and the war became a day-to-day tragedy.

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