Out of Africa | Part V Summary
Part V: Farewell to the Farm
Seasons of drought and falling coffee prices force Dinesen to sell the farm. During the long departure process, she gradually disengages herself from the land and its people. She sells most of the contents of the house and refuses to allow Chief Kinanjui to end his life at her farm, fearing the wrath of government officials. At this point Dinesen admits, "I had not got it in me any longer to stand up against the authorities of the world."
Her two closest friends have died—Barkeley of heart failure and Denys in a plane crash. Yet she does fulfill two...
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