The Village Boy

The story Village Boy is about the social and

familial upheavals and confl icts caused by the

introduction, in the early 20th century, by a group

of Christian missionaries, of Western cultural

traditions among an erstwhile peaceful and selfsuffi

cient agricultural sedentary people. These

cultural incursions led to the annihilation of the

peoples native traditions and cultures, including

those of Kachiya and Mbwarhatha(circumcision and

grind room- the only place where on a daily basis

young ...