The Gunny Sack (2005)

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This was one of the most readable university books I ever came across. I really enjoyed the different episodes of the different times in the lives of this particular family and their involvement in all the political circumstances they have lived under. The progression from one kind of power to various others was really interesting and gave an insight into the struggles East Africa faced in the past century or so. It becomes increasingly hard to decide who plays the role of a colonial power and if it has only ever been the Europeans in this part of the world.The development of culture and the influences that are important to this was the most interesting theme of the novel for me. Some passages concerning that made me cringe while reading because it was so horrible to co-experience some scenes. Overall, I would really recommend anyone interested in colonial and postcolonial topics or just in East Africa generally to read Vassanji's novel.

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