Weep Not, Child

Weep Not, Child

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name = Weep Not, Child
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author = Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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country = Kenya
language = English
series =
genre = Historical novel
publisher = Heinemann
release_date = 1964
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 144 pp
isbn = NA (published before the inseption ISBN system) current: 0435908308
preceded_by = The Black Hermit (play)
followed_by = The River Between

"Weep Not, Child" is Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's first novel, published in 1964. It was the first English novel to be published by an East African. [cite book |last=Blamires |first=Harry |authorlink=Harry Blamires |title=A Guide to Twentieth Century Literature in English |publisher=Methuen |date=1983 |pages=198 |isbn=0416561802] [cite book |last=Zell |first=Hans M. |authorlink=Hans M. Zell |title=A Reader's Guide to African Literature |publisher=Africana Publishing Corporation |date=1971 |pages=157] [cite book |last=Wakeman |first=John |authorlink=John Wakeman |title=World Authors, 1970-1975 |publisher=Wilson Publishing |date=1980 |pages=584 |isbn=082420641X] Thiong'o's works deal with the relationship between Africans and their relationship with the British colonists in Africa, and are heavily critical of British colonial rule. [Citation |last=Hummy |first=Robert |title=Death sentence for attackers of Kenyan writer |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1166187421237B256 |accessdate=2007-10-18] Specifically, "Weep Not, Child" deals with the Mau Mau Uprising, [cite book |last=Glasgow |first=Jacqueline |authorlink=Jacqueline Glasgow |title=Exploring African Life and Literature: Novel Guides to Promote Socially Responsive Learning |publisher=International Reading Association |date=2007 |pages=123-124 |isbn=0872076091] and "the bewildering dispossession of an entire people from their ancestral land." [cite book |last=Cantalupo |first=Charles |authorlink=Charles Cantalupo |title=Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Texts and Contexts |publisher=Africa World Press |date=1995 |pages=103-104 |isbn=086543445X] The book met with some controversy when it was published. [Citation |last=Njoku |first=Benjamin |title=Ngugi wa Thiong’o in Nigeria to honour Bookfair |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070710130246/http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/features/arts/at105052005.html |accessdate=2007-10-18]

Plot summary

Characters

Themes and motifs

there is a theme of hope and another theme lies in the importance of education.

ee also

*"Things Fall Apart"

Notes

External links

* [http://www.ngugiwathiongo.com/ Official homepage of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3559560.stm BBC profile of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]


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