Overview
Region
East Africa
Tanzania
Era
Colonial
Language
Swahili
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
A satirical utopian fable set in the imaginary kingdom of Kusadikika, where a council debates whether to allow citizens to study abroad, a prescient allegory about colonialism, education, and African self-determination.
Literary Significance
Shaaban Robert is the father of modern Swahili prose literature; this remains his most-read novel