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coat, now tom and wom out. His right hand bent at the elbow, held onto a string tied to a
small bundle on his slightly drooping back. The bundle, well wrapped with a cotton cloth
that had once been printed with red flowers now faded out, swung from side to s de in
harmony with the rhythm of his steps. The bundle held the bitterness and hardships of the
years spent in detention camps. Now and then he looked at the sun on its homeward
journey. Sometimes he darted quick side-glances at the small hedged strips of land which
with their sickly looking crops, maize, beans, and peas appeared much as everyth gese
did-unfriendly. The whole country was dull and seemed weary. To Kamau this was nothing
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