Weep Not, Child (Penguin African Writers Series Book 3)

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

In a whisper that sounded like a shout, he said, ‘To hell with the prophecy.’ Yes, this was nothing more than a whisper. To his father, he said, ‘How can you continue working for a man who has taken your land? How can you go on serving him?’