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Weep Not, Child

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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Region

East Africa

Kenya

Era

Post-colonial

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

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The first novel published in English by a writer from East Africa, depicting the effects of the Mau Mau uprising on ordinary Kenyans during the 1950s.

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Pioneering work of East African literature in English

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The first novel published in English by a writer from East Africa, depicting the effects of the Mau Mau uprising on ordinary Kenyans during the 1950s. Pioneering work of East African literature in English

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