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THE RIVER AND THE SOURCE by margaret ogola
In the novel The River and the Source, Ogola has employed very important style in her writing -doing away with patriarchy and succeeding in raising all girl child's endeavors. This for example is why she decides kill literary Great chief Kembo in order to create a situation (Owuor Kembo is to marry in order to take over the chiefdom from his late father). Shortly after this they have children, but it is almost very sad that their elder son -Obura who was to take over the chiefdom when the right time reaches- is suddenly killed in the struggle between JO- GERMAN and JO- IGNERESA in Tanganyika. Obura in a way marks the real beginning of the perishing generation of men in this society. After his death we see the author's attempt of eliminating the males (which she successfully does) either by completely killing the literary or by simply taking them backstage so that their effects is not felt by the readers. Let us just look at an example for each of the cases above. Owuor Kembo dies leaving his younger son too young that could not defend the famili property. This makes it automatic for Otieno Kembo's family to take over the chiefdom. However the taking over of the chiefdom becomes his downfall becaus it make Akoko to go for her historic journey to Kisuma after which she leaves for Aluor to start a new life as a student. This she succeeds in. However, it is the end of any speech, action or any nother contribution by Otieno.