About the Book: Weep Not, Child
Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is
excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice
carpenter. Together, they will serve their country the teacher and the
craftsman.
But this is colonial Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau
Mau are waging war against the white government, and the two brothers, Njoroge
and Kamau, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties
lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar,
the dream of