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Meja Mwangi began his writing
career in the 1970s, a decade
after his more well-known
compatriots such as Ngugi wa
Thiong'o and Grace Ogot had been
publishing their works. When he
burst onto the scene with the
award-winning Kill Me Quick in
1973, Mwangi was hailed in
various quarters as a rising star in
the East African literary
constellation who was helping to
disprove Taban lo Liyong's
oft-cited claim that East Africa was
a literary desert (Taban 1965,
Nazareth 1976). Since then, Meja
Mwangi has gone on to establish
himself as one of the most prolific
of Kenyan writers, publishing
eleven novels in seventeen years
in addition to short stories,
children's books and working with
a variety of projects in film.
Mwangi's works have received
awards in Kenya and abroad, they
have been translated into six
languages, and there are film
versions of two of his novels.
While Mwangi has touched on all
of these concerns, we might divide
his work into three major
categories. The first comprises his
Mau Mau novels. For many Kenyan
writers, the armed resistance to
British colonialism in Kenya, which
came to be known as the Mau Mau
revolt and reached its height in the
1950s, was a far-reaching
experience.
| Weapon of Hunger is perhaps Meja Mwangi's best book yet. The picture he paints of the relentless quest for modern Africa is grim. What is most depressing, is that there seem to be no solutions. Western philanthropists, such as Jack Rivers, are portrayed in a favourable light as sincere people. All their energies, however, are expended on trying to understand Africa's problems and once they understand them they realise that the problems are beyond them. As for the Africans themselves, they could have provided solutions, but since they are lined up in warring factions, that is impossible. While the two sides fight on to the finish, will million of ordinary people continue to starve to dead? That is the questions which Meja Mwangi asks himself and which he asks the readers of Weapon. Lyne Mansure Weekly Review |
| "... i find this novel The Big Chiefs a great piece of literature, impressive and despairingly reflecting the realities, despite its ending. I actually virtually saw it as a piece of theatre and could very well imagine it performed on stage. It has a power reminding me of Waiting for Godot". ruedi küng Schweizer Radio DRS |
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Mwangi's urban trilogv--Kill Me
Quick. Going Down River
Road, and The Cockroach
Dance—is a compelling and
innovative set of texts dealing with
what is arguably the most
pressing contemporary social
problem in Kenya: the rapid
urbanization the country has
experienced since independence
in 1963 and its accompanying
social problems. It is fair to say
that critical acclaim for Mwangi as
a writer has come predominantly
from these tales of city life.
Quick. Going Down River
Road, and The Cockroach
Dance—is a compelling and
innovative set of texts dealing with
what is arguably the most
pressing contemporary social
problem in Kenya: the rapid
urbanization the country has
experienced since independence
in 1963 and its accompanying
social problems. It is fair to say
that critical acclaim for Mwangi as
a writer has come predominantly
from these tales of city life.