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Devil on the Cross
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1984
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HumanitiesExistentialismColonialismPost-colonial CriticismDecolonialityHome TownCommodificationHauntologyCapitalism PrevalentCritical TheoryLanguage StudiesCultural StudiesModern KenyaAfrican Development
This critique of modern Kenya highlights the greed and capitalism prevalent in society. Despair drives Wariinga to leave Nairobi and seek refuge in her home town of Ilmorog. On her journey she is handed an invitation to a feast of thieves, a competition organized by the devil.