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Augustown by Miller, Kei | Book | condition acceptable
22 Nov, 2024
A villaga turned into a troubled area of Kingston
The trouble between corrupt police and gangs, witnessed by Ma Taffy a blind old lady who despite her disability sees it all
24 Mar, 2024
The survival of a young boy on his own travelling through troubled countries
Nadifa Mohamed writes about her father's life based on his accounts of it but adding her own fiction to it, like giving him a sharp tongued wife.
The story of Jama Mohamed's life reminds me of David Copperfield, as he too is a child on his own that has to make his own way to find his absent father, undergoing many trials and tribulations in his journey through several countries.
The book is also interesting from a historical point of view, as it refers to the invasion of Ethiopia or Abyssinia, as it was called then, by the troops of Mussolini, and shows how Jama becomes an askari working for the Italian army due to his bright intelligence and talent for languages. In this situation he encountered much racial prejudice and cruelty, but also some kindness and recognition from a particular officer and great comradeship from the other askaris.
We follow Jama through various difficult and perilous journeys where he usually meets helpful people who welcome him in their midst, until he joins the merchant navy, which is where Jama Mohamed pursued a career in real life
05 Aug, 2021
Weep not Child
It is an interesting novel about British rule in Kenya and how the Africans resented their colonial masters for their lack of empathy and understanding of their culture, traditions and needs, as well of the effects of the Mau Mau freedom movement of the lives of ordinary people