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By: Meja Mwangi

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  • CategoryFiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages134
  • Published1974
  • File size6.6 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9780435901455

Key ideas from the book

  • A small group of forest fighters faces British forces after Operation Anvil.
  • Haraka leads the isolated fighters in their resistance.
  • Captain Kingsley is under pressure from his superiors to achieve immediate results.
  • Haraka and Kingsley’s earlier connection as chief and local authority shapes their conflict.

About Carcase for Hounds by Meja Mwangi

Meja Mwangi’s second Mau Mau novel follows a small, isolated group of forest fighters in the aftermath of Operation Anvil. Under the command of Haraka, the group faces British troops led by Captain Kingsley, who is pressed by his superiors to produce quick results against the resistance.

The conflict has a personal history: Haraka was once a village chief under Kingsley’s jurisdiction. Readers interested in African literature and fiction about Mau Mau resistance will find a focused account of the struggle between a small band of fighters and the forces seeking to defeat them.

About Meja Mwangi

Meja Mwangi is a Kenyan novelist whose work often explores poverty, social inequality, and the pressures of urban life. His best-known books include *Kill Me Quick*, about two young men struggling to survive in Nairobi, and *Going Down River Road*, which portrays life among the city’s working poor. He has also written about Kenya’s colonial past in *Carcase for Hounds*. Across his fiction, Mwangi brings attention to people and communities often pushed to the margins.

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