The River Between
Christian missionaries attempt to outlaw the female circumcision ritual and in the process create a terrible rift between the two Kikuyu communities on either side of the river. The people are torn between those who believe in Western/Christian education and the opportunities it will offer, and...
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Christian missionaries attempt to outlaw the female circumcision ritual and in the process create a terrible rift between the two Kikuyu communities on either side of the river. The people are torn between those who believe in Western/Christian education and the opportunities it will offer, and those who feel that only unquestioned loyalty to past traditions will save them. The growing conflict brings tragedy to a pair of young lovers who attempted to bridge the deepening chasm.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780435905484 (0435905481)
ASIN: 435905481
Publish date: August 1st 2008
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Pages no: 152
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Religion,
African Literature,
Kenya,
Post Colonial
I found this story to be very reminiscent of one of my favourite books, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, as both stories deal with the turmoil, changes and confusion that arose in Africa after Christianity was introduced. In The River Between, two communities of Kikuyu (a Kenyan ethnic group), one...
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