Out of Africa | Part II Summary
Part II: The Shooting Incident
One night Kabero, the seven-year-old son of an old squatter named Kaninu, accidentally shoots two boys. One soon dies while the other, whose lower jaw has been shot off, slowly recovers in the hospital. The old men on the farm decide to set a Kyama on the case, made up of an assembly of elders authorized by the government to settle disputes among the squatters. The men, however, have trouble resolving the case and after a long period of disruption among the families, which includes accusations of sorcery, Chief Kinanjui is called to pass judgment. The...
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