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The River and the Source | Margaret A. Ogola

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In 1995, this novel won both the Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book in the Africa Region. Now reprinted, it remains in great demand. An epic story spanning cultures, it tells the lives of three generations of women. It traces the story of Akoko in her rich traditional Luo setting, through to the children who live and die in the 20th century.

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The River and the Source | Margaret A. Ogola

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This was my pick for #FoodAndLit #Kenya

It covers 3 generations of women living in Kenya, during a time of great change. From Akoko daughter of a chief, married to another chief, to Maria who searches for a new way of life after a series of tragedies, and finally to Elizabeth who works as a teacher and bonds with her doctor daughter in law

But it packs in a lot of events and trauma. Childhood death, world war, missionaries and AIDS among others.