Fiction
The Dream Chasers
by Claudette Oduor
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Postelection violence. Kenya. Kikuyu. Luo. Mwai Kibaki. Raila Odinga. Samuel Kivuitu. Ethnic violence. Tribalism. Koffi Annan. Mother-daughter relationship. Traditional beliefs. Witchcraft. Kisumu. Mental illness. Depression. Star-crossed love. Arranged marriage. Third World. East Africa. The author is winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing 2014, writing her short story as Okwiri Oduor.
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- Publisher/Imprint The CAN-DO! Company / Master Publishing
- Publication Date January 2011
- ISBN/Identifier 9789966158956
- Publication Country or regionKenya
- FormatEbook
- Primary Price 0.99 USD
- Pages42
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- EditionDigital
- Biblio NotesFour months to the disputed December 2007 general elections in Kenya, Lulu is living with a divorced, jobless mother prone to periodic lunacy. The radio and television are filled with campaigns, which Lulu pays little attention to. She doesn’t think the elections have a bearing in her life. Lulu is in love with her best friend, Muchai, but they can neither admit it to themselves nor do something about it because Lulu is from the Luo tribe, and Muchai is Kikuyu. Muchai is marrying his girlfriend not because he loves her but because she is Kikuyu like him. His family would rather he be unhappy with a Kikuyu than happy with a Luo girl. Muchai's girlfriend breaks off the engagement, but elections take place and a wave of ethnic cleansing threatens to rob Lulu of her chance to finally be with Muchai. The Dream Chasers is a contemporary take on the Romeo and Juliet plot, with a texture that evokes emotion and a complexity that makes for an intense reading experience.
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