West African Transformations Comparative Impacts of French and British Colonialism

First published in Dholuo in 1983, this is the first English-language edition of this story for children. One morning Ogilo and his two friends discover a pregnant hippo stuck in a muddly hole. The story centres around the boys secrecy, to protect the hippo being killed by grown-ups for meat, and their efforts to save the hippo. The fate of the poacher contains a moral tale.Asiwaju, A. I. is the author of 'West African Transformations Comparative Impacts of French and British Colonialism', published 2002 under ISBN 9789780231460 and ISBN 9780231463.