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The Big Chiefs
After a successful career as a government Minister, the Old Man breaks ranks with the Big Chiefs and is banished to a remote outpost in the Northern Frontier. In an emotional recollection to the Boy, the Old Man reveals how the Big Chiefs used the colonial labels of tall and short to set their subjects against one another. Although he is caught up in the genocide that ensues, the Old Man lives to tell his story, albeit with bitterness. The mind-boggling question to the Boy is why a people who fasted and feasted together, birthed and buried together, lived and reasoned together; intermarried and integrated, should suddenly rise against kith and kin. Yet, like the Old Man who had made it to the top, romanced with power and wealth and came tumbling down to the Pit, the young generation is only but searching for a spark of light to illuminate the inherent evil so evident in the hearts of men who believe in the right of might. The Big Chiefs is the story of greed for power and wealth at the expense of humanity. In this apocalyptic novel, Meja Mwangi, spins a moral tale of courage in the face of overwhelming odds, and tells a story that is full of love and compassion, and one that is as heart-warming as it is disturbing. |
| The Big Chiefs hm books, 2007 978-0-9796476-3-5 |
| The Old Man |
| by Meja Mwangi |
| HM Productions Intl. All Rights Reserved |
| copyright 2008 by HM Entertainment Inc. |
| "... 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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