After being for a long time in the shadow of its Tanzanian counterpart, Kenyan fiction has recently come into the foreground with writers such as Kyallo Wadi Wamitila, Rocha Chi-merah, Mwenda Mbatiah and Ken Walibora. The paper deals with his second novel Kufa kuzikana.
Although Kufa Kuzikana is a powerful accusation of how ruthless ethnic feelings still inform many people from the intellectuals and top politicians to the uneducated villagers, the novel does contain a positive message as well in that it shows how true friendship can overcome ethnic and other differences and survive even in the most adverse circumstances.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-91092 |
Date | 14 August 2012 |
Creators | Bertoncini-Zúbková, Elena |
Contributors | University of Naples L\'Orientale, DSRAPA, Universität Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien |
Publisher | Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig |
Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | doc-type:article |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Swahili Forum 14 (2007), S. 153-163 |
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