Betrayal In The City

Francis Imbuga’s 1976 play “Betrayal In The City” resonated as an allegory of Africa’s political cancer. Boss, the head of Kafira State, has had several people killed, among them Kabito, a prominent cabinet member. University students are rioting against bad governance of their country. In the process, Adika is shot dead. His brother, Jusper Wendo Esquire, secretly kills the suspected […]

It Takes Forty Years, And Then Some!

It took forty years to convert “the son of pharaoh’s daughter” into a Hebrew. Growing up in privilege blinds one’s eyes from seeing oppression. When suffering of others supplies luxuries for one’s continued comfort, how great is the beneficiary’s blindness! As a sieve that checks info entering one’s mind, it interprets everyday realities. But there comes a time when a […]