Igereka And Other African Narratives

Download or read book Igereka and Other African Narratives written by John Ruganda and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day the king's men are out hunting and find Igreka, starving and neglected to such a degree that they are unsure whether he is human or animal. Igeraka soon falls in love with the king's daughter, Nyangunga, who according to some, marries a beast. The author's concern is how to present the story telling it from three different perspectives. First Nyangunga's father, the king, gives an account; the middle part of the story is told by Bubi, a second daughter who lets events speak for themselves, concealing herself, her age and gender, as narrator. Finally Nyangunga's mother describes her daughter's fate from a less compromising, feminist perspective.