Articles · Vol. 7 No. 1 (2011): Africa Review of Books, Volume 7, n° 1, 2011 · Pages 8-9

4 - Pristine Village and Decadent City

  • Catherine Ndinda
    Catherine Ndinda Human Sciences Research Council, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Howard College Campus, University of Nairobi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4682-9485 (unauthenticated)
    CATHERINE NDINDA is African Research Fellow at the Population, Health, Health Systems and Innovations unit of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa. She has conducted policy research in areas such as housing, gender, and HIV/AIDS and has published journal articles...
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Abstract

Naked Light & The Blind Eye is a story set in a society that has gone through phases of change but the changes seem to make the lives of the inhabitants worse. The narrative is told in interlocking stories that comprise three parts and which are the main sub-divisions of the text. Each short story unravels into another interrelated story that helps the reader make the connection between the different mini-stories. In part one, the reader is introduced to Solomon Wenku, the main protagonist in the novel. The novel begins with the disappearance of Solomon’s wife, Tani, and this greatly troubles Solomon...

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Village City Decadent

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Author Biography

  • Catherine Ndinda, Human Sciences Research Council, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Howard College Campus, University of Nairobi

    CATHERINE NDINDA is African Research Fellow at the Population, Health, Health Systems and Innovations unit of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa. She has conducted policy research in areas such as housing, gender, and HIV/AIDS and has published journal articles and chapters in books in these fields. She is an editorial board member of three disciplinary journals and board member of Habitat for Humanity South Africa.

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