Weep Not Child by James Nguigi (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o)

Weep Not Child was written in 1964 by Nguigi Wa Thiong'o (using James Nguigi as pen name). The title comes from a poem called "On the Beach at Night" written by Walt Whitman: ...Weep not, child, Weep not, my darling, With these kisses let me remove your tears, The ravening clouds shall not long be… Continue reading Weep Not Child by James Nguigi (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o)

Mine Boy by Peter Abrahams – Review, Part 2

If you have not read the first part of this review, please follow this link. In the first part of the review of Mine Boy, by Peter Abrahams, we followed the first few months of Xuma in the city. Xuma cultivated three relationships in those first months. The first one was a mother-son relationship between… Continue reading Mine Boy by Peter Abrahams – Review, Part 2