Power |
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Author:
| Mwangi, Meja |
ISBN: | 979-8-6848-2206-3 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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After a successful career as a civil servant, the Old Man breaks ranks with the Big Chiefs and is banished to live in poverty in the Pit. In a bitter recollection, he reveals how the Big Chiefs set their subjects against one another in order to weaken and control them. Now, like the Old Man who made it to the top, romanced with power and came tumbling down into the Pit, the Boy and his generation are after the power that the Big Chiefs deem as theirs and theirs alone. In this...
More DescriptionAfter a successful career as a civil servant, the Old Man breaks ranks with the Big Chiefs and is banished to live in poverty in the Pit. In a bitter recollection, he reveals how the Big Chiefs set their subjects against one another in order to weaken and control them. Now, like the Old Man who made it to the top, romanced with power and came tumbling down into the Pit, the Boy and his generation are after the power that the Big Chiefs deem as theirs and theirs alone. In this adaptation of his novel The Big Chiefs, the author has written a play that is as powerful as the novel.