Entries from August 2006

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

The Mzungu Boy by Meja Mwangi

Set in Kenya in the 1950s, this is a story about life under British colonial rule. Twelve year-old Kariuki lives with his parents and older brother, Hari, on the farm of Bwana Ruin, a big, hard Englishman who rules over his African workers with an iron hand backed up by threats of loss of home [...]