East Africa
Kenya
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
A Luo family migrates from Kenya to Tanzania in search of a better life, but the husband's obsession with wealth leads into a terrifying encounter with a supernatural curse, a collision of ambition, tradition, and the unknown.
Literary Significance
First novel published by an East African woman; Ogot was among the first African women writers to achieve international recognition
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editorial-summarynot primary textA Luo family migrates from Kenya to Tanzania in search of a better life, but the husband's obsession with wealth leads into a terrifying encounter with a supernatural curse, a collision of ambition, tradition, and the unknown. First novel published by an East African woman; Ogot was among the first African women writers to achieve international recognition
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