Waafrika

Nick Mwaluko’s Waafrika concerns a volatile love affair that takes place between two women in Luoland in Kenya, during the calamitous years of President Daniel’s arap Moi’s presidency. Awino — who is Kenyan, a member of the Luo tribe — falls in love with Bobby, a blonde American formerly with the Peace Corps. Complicating matters are the rampant homophobia of President Moi’s reign and the fact that Awino’s father is Chief Odhiambo of the Luo tribe, and protector and enforcer of the village code. When the love affair between the two women is discovered, Awino’s father and the rest of the Luo tribe confront Awino on her sexual identity.