Breath of Africa by Jane Bwye- My thoughts on it.
Jane Bwye writes beautifully evocative descriptions of the
Kenyan landscape. The heat and dust got to me quite easily as I learned about Kenya in the
late 1960s and early 1970s – bringing back vague memories of the Kenyatta period
as reported in the newspapers of the era. Lasting and loving relationships of
different kinds are explored within the book, some tragic and some happier-
racial and cultural differences having a huge bearing on the success of such
bondings. The theme of tribal curses runs through the novel but is not depicted
in great depth, though the effects on those who believe in a curse are long
lasting and poignant. The dilemma of the born and bred in Kenya ‘whites’, who
want to remain after independence, is sensitively portrayed.
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