Among The Jacaranda: Buds of Matata in Kenya (The Matata Trilogy) (Volume 3)

“Our Goan boys are leaving their diplomas behind and bringing back English brides,” a mother laments. Lando narrates another captivating period, this time in post-Independence Kenya. It’s the 60’s. The Winds of Change have blown across the Empire and mass coloured immigration into the UK has begun. Stephen, the son of a Kikuyu house servant snatched during Operation Anvil (1954) at age seven, and imprisoned by the British in a Mau Mau Detention Village, suddenly and mysteriously reappears on Lando’s doorstep ten years later. Beautiful idealist, Eleanor, enters the picture and soon discovers the ruthless legacy of the colonial system as she faces difficult new challenges. Among the Jacaranda is the third fascinating book in the Braz Menezes’ Matata Series. First came, Just Matata reissued in an expanded Second Edition as Beyond the Cape (1920-1950) and then, More Matata (1951-1963).