Children's Fiction
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Mapalala, Bernard Kijakazi and the Bad BrothersDar es Salaam, Tanzania: E & D Limited, 2004. 26 p. ISBN 9987-622-93-3. Ages 8-10. Summary Kijakazi perseveres and endures even when her husband goes on a long journey to deliver the medicine she sends for an ailing chief. When the chief is healed, he promises Makele the chieftaincy of that land and he discovers the cure for barrenness. In the end, Kijakazi gives birth, and Makele decides to become the chief of that distant land. Because the village cannot tolerate the lazy and evil twin brothers, they are punished by being sent away from the village to live in the solitary hut that Kijakazi used to occupy in the forest. They learn the bitter lesson that evil undertakings do not pay. For Kijakazi, it is the beginning of a life filled with happiness. Children's Fiction Tanzania E & D Limited
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