Striving For The Wind
by Meja Mwangi
"Striving for the wind" mainly narrates the relationship between Baba Pesa and Baba Baru, who are neighbours. On the one hand, the former is proud and pompous and known to be the father of money. The largest, richest man on his hill and the next and the next. Who is constantly on the look-out for any situation that would tarnish his reputation. Disgracefully enough, he has a well learned son called Juda [name given to him in weird circumstances] who due to his constant drunkenness was popularly labelled as the village drunkard. Juda, whose principles differs from that of his father is fond of haranguing the villagers on the greater values in life.