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nafas_a's review against another edition
4.0
I am beyond appreciative for the use of poetry in this play and its contradiction with the character development and their importance! I would truly love to see this play live since it would have been a delightful piece.
nothingbutfiction's review
adventurous
dark
informative
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
nffictionophile's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
tirnom's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
vipula's review against another edition
4.0
This is a beautifully written book about Kenyan Culture and their struggle for independence. It shows how brutal, cheap, manipulative, money monger the white man was. How the capitalists exploited the natives. One of my favourite quotes from the book is
"Two laws. Two justices.One law and one justice protects the man of property, the man of wealth, the foreign exploiter. Another law, another justice, silences the poor, the hungry, our people."
It shows the exploitation of women in the Kenyan society. And it also focuses on the concern of 'neo-coloniser'.
So, in short I would add that this is a short but rich text. A must read.
"Two laws. Two justices.One law and one justice protects the man of property, the man of wealth, the foreign exploiter. Another law, another justice, silences the poor, the hungry, our people."
It shows the exploitation of women in the Kenyan society. And it also focuses on the concern of 'neo-coloniser'.
So, in short I would add that this is a short but rich text. A must read.
alietzscha's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
izzyergh's review
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
halfbloodgee's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
nattybookz's review
5.0
we who struggle against exploitation and oppression, should give one another strength and faith till victory is ours.”
pg. 60
This sweet little play was written by [a:Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o|51936|Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1252353249p2/51936.jpg] while he himself was imprisoned by the Daniel Arap Moi regime. It’s a very powerful play of the legendary freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi Wa Wacuiri who led The Kenyan Land and Freedom Army and its ideals. Ngugi wrote this fictionalized trial on what Dedan should've received. But in this play Ngugi exposes the truth behind "Moneyed Justice"
Kimathi: I despise your laws and your courts. What have they done
for our people ? What ?
Protected the oppressor. Licensed the murderers of the people: Our people, whipped when they did not pick your tea leaves, your coffee beans. Imprisoned when they refused to "ayah" your babies and "boy" your houses and gardens. Murdered when they didn't rickshaw your ladies and your gentlemen.
I recognize only one law, one court: the court and the law of those who fight against exploitation,
The toilers armed to say, "We demand our freedom."
That's the eternal law of the oppressed, of the humiliated, of the injured, the insulted!
Fight! Struggle! Change!
and lessons on how neocolonial attitudes helped defund the process of true African Liberation.
Kimathi: And for only that
You kill your people?
I thought they would bribe you with more!
A share in their motor companies.
A share in their Export-Import trade,
A share in their Tourist hotels,
A share in their wheat fields
A share in their stolen wealth.
Only that?
And for a hundred shillings
And posho
And a medal
You help them murder,
You help them massacre,
You help them plunder?
You are ready to die
In the pay of imperialists?
This play deserves much more attention, in literature and theater. It has many potentials of overstanding. This books gets 8 stars from me. This short play has valuable messages.
*The Kenyan Land and Freedom Army are pieces of the truth and reason on why many people walk this land with locs including the very Rastafari livity (Youth Black Faith). Locs are revolutionary expressions of struggle and identity. Not fashion.
pg. 60
This sweet little play was written by [a:Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o|51936|Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1252353249p2/51936.jpg] while he himself was imprisoned by the Daniel Arap Moi regime. It’s a very powerful play of the legendary freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi Wa Wacuiri who led The Kenyan Land and Freedom Army and its ideals. Ngugi wrote this fictionalized trial on what Dedan should've received. But in this play Ngugi exposes the truth behind "Moneyed Justice"
for our people ? What ?
Protected the oppressor. Licensed the murderers of the people: Our people, whipped when they did not pick your tea leaves, your coffee beans. Imprisoned when they refused to "ayah" your babies and "boy" your houses and gardens. Murdered when they didn't rickshaw your ladies and your gentlemen.
I recognize only one law, one court: the court and the law of those who fight against exploitation,
The toilers armed to say, "We demand our freedom."
That's the eternal law of the oppressed, of the humiliated, of the injured, the insulted!
Fight! Struggle! Change!
and lessons on how neocolonial attitudes helped defund the process of true African Liberation.
You kill your people?
I thought they would bribe you with more!
A share in their motor companies.
A share in their Export-Import trade,
A share in their Tourist hotels,
A share in their wheat fields
A share in their stolen wealth.
Only that?
And for a hundred shillings
And posho
And a medal
You help them murder,
You help them massacre,
You help them plunder?
You are ready to die
In the pay of imperialists?
This play deserves much more attention, in literature and theater. It has many potentials of overstanding. This books gets 8 stars from me. This short play has valuable messages.
*The Kenyan Land and Freedom Army are pieces of the truth and reason on why many people walk this land with locs including the very Rastafari livity (Youth Black Faith). Locs are revolutionary expressions of struggle and identity. Not fashion.