Weep Not Child Summary

Weep Not, Child begins at a peaceful time. There is a tenseness between the blacks and other races in their land, as there has always been. I guess this time could be thought of as the calm before the storm. The story mainly follows the life of Njoroge and his family members. Ngotho, Njoroge’s father, and both his wives and children all live together in the village. The elder wife, Njeri’s sons are Boro, Kori, and Kamau. The younger wife, Nyokabi, had two sons. Nyokabi’s eldest son, Mwangi died in the second world war; Njoroge is her only other son. Many young men and children would gather at Ngotho’s home to talk and listen to stories told by Ngotho or his wives. Njoroge is given a great honor and opportunity as he becomes Ngotho’s only son to attend school and get an education. The other boys are all skilled in different crafts. Ngotho and his family live on the lands of the richest black man in the area, Jacobo. Jacobo is rich because he owns land and the white people allow him to grow high profitable crops. Jacobo, as with most wealthy black men in this area, believes that the white authority figures see him as an equal because of his wealth and allowance …show more content…
As Jacobo was still the chief of his territory, he went to Mr. Howlands as a type of advisor in situations that included the Mau Mau and Ngotho’s family. Jacobo has Ngotho’s family watched and gave orders to arrest any or all members of the family on any little charge they could. This did not take long, Njeri and Kori left the family building for they own housing on their property and were arrested for being outside past curfew. Njeri was later released, but Kori was sent to a detention camp. Boro came home to find this news and blamed Ngotho for not protecting the family, driving an even bigger wedge between the family. Boro left for the woods after Kori was taken and became a leader of the Mau