Inheritance

by David Mulwa

A play that starts in pre-colonial Africa in the Kutula Colony. King Kutula XV is a benevolent traditional ruler who forsakes technological sophistication in favour of social cohesion and meaningful development for all his fellow citizens.

However, the Queen's representatives - Thorne Macay and Bishop Menninger - do not like King Kutula's leadership style especially because the British empire does not stand to gain in this arrangement. Soon they hatch plans for the murder of the king int he hands of the heartless and power-hungry son, Lacuna Kasoo.

Kutula Colony is transformed into a republic with the leader Lacuna Kasoo and his cronies enriching themselves at the expense of national development.

Lacuna Kasoo gets more and more dictatorial and isolated and he is finally deposed in a bloodless coup.

140 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Rosebelle Otieno · Rating 2 out of 5]

It took me a while to get through this play and it had a disappointing ending for me.
It perpetuates the same post-colonial period challenge: people are united for a single cause but after they succeed in their cause, they are left to plan for what comes next. They never thought far beyond their success - highlighting continual shortsightedness.
I wish the narrative would be told more imaginatively...

[Verah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book. It depicts things on the ground this time instead of the Robert and Daniel it is the likes of Meshack and Malipoa mistreating their own

[John Wanga · Rating 5 out of 5]

"If I wanted a parrot, I would've gotten one from the book by Long John Silver." Robert & Goldstein are quite the crooks in this book. Sadly, this is how my people did business back in the day.

[Stephen · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't get the book