| “The Cockroach Dance is the stunning story of one man’s resistance to a system of intimidation and corruption dominated by the ‘haves’ in a society of ‘have-nots’ and numerous ‘faceless ones’. Meja Mwangi spins a fascinating tale of one man’s revolt against exploitation”. The Daily Nation |
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The Cockroach Dance
| The Cockroach Dance by Meja Mwangi |
| Every night, Dusman assures his cockroaches that tomorrow will never come. But tomorrow always comes, with madness and furies, and awes and woes, and challenges that last longer than the days. Dusman Gonzaga lives in an old apartment building overrun by cockroaches and squalor. The building, Dacca House, is owned by Tumbo Kubwa, a mindless slum lord, and occupied by a strange mix of characters; from garbage collectors to hawkers, from conmen to witch doctors, from genii to mad men. In this crazy world of wild adventures and appalling poverty, Dusman tries to organize the tenants to boycott paying rent in a desperate move to force the landlord to listen to their woes. |
| Cockroach Dance hm books, 2009 ISBN 978-0-9796476-2-8 |
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.
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.