Overview
Region
East Africa
Kenya
Era
Post-colonial
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
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