After 4.30

After 4.30

David G. Maillu

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Editorial:
Mvua Press
Año de edición:
2025
ISBN:
9789914946727
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Meet Emili Katango, a commercial sex worker in the bustling city of Nairobi. When the father of her children violently kicks her out, the dialogues she has with her sister Lili, a well-educated secretary to a government official of indeterminate docket, Nikolas Mukoko, unfold her longings for love, security, respect, and the disenfranchisement she feels for being regarded as less than human.Set in 1974 Nairobi, After 4.30 explores the dynamics of people in relationships, the workplace, and the home, exposing the hypocrisies of religion and the lingering aftershocks of colonisation just eleven years after Kenya’s independence. As women flooded the workforce in greater numbers, the balance of power in homes and offices began to shift, sparking profound societal changes and discourse.

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