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Fathers of Nations Themes

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THE FATHERS OF NATIONS THEMATIC CONCERNS
Theme is an idea that recurs in a work or art or literature.
There exist various themes in this book:
1. Poverty
2. Poor leadership
3. Corruption
4. Betrayal
5. Plight of women
6. Imperialism
7. Despair
8. Tribalism and nepotism
9. Suffering and death
10. Transitions

1. POVERTY
The novel also paints a devastating picture of people on a knife's edge of daily survival. International imperialistic networks of control have captured and imprisoned the continent. African countries are sucked into meaningless loans with International financial institutions.
These development loans have unrealistic demands. As a result, the continent continues to sink into the abyss of poverty. It’s in Africa where learned people are impoverished and made beggars. This is a society that does not value knowledge but cherishes ignorance. Prof. Kimani joins the University of Nairobi directly as a senior lecturer from the University of Oxford. At that time, a lecturer earns more than a Member of Parliament. Later, parliament stages a coup and the results are that an MP wakes up to a hundred times the income of a professor.
Comrade Melusi notes that in Zimbabwe, it was not easy for people to eat in a hotel. He further notes that for those who eat in hotel have visitors/foreigners to foot the bills. At Chaminuka Restaurant, Tad Long way clears the bill for himself and that of Comrade Melusi.
The international community clamps on Zimbabwe a program called Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) since the country is undergoing very difficult economic times. African leadership is poor of innovative and creative ideas that would spur economic growth among the Africa states.

2. POOR LEARDERSHIP
Poor leadership is one of the major themes in the novel
The book goes ahead to portray how dysfunctional most African country are. The leadership in African continent is poor, insincere and out of touch with the happening on the grown. The so called president at the summit have very little to share, the confusion is too much and the agenda not clear, no wonder the summit ends in disarray.
Unfortunately, in their hopelessness the citizens continue to entertain a leadership that is blind to their plight.
• The Fathers of Nations are meeting at Banjul, Gambia just to fulfil their calendar needs. Their meeting is jumbled up and predetermined by a few of them who hold the meeting hostage.
Mistrust among the presidents (Fathers of Nations) is rife. Fight breaks out after a disagreement in the summit
The chair of the summit seems to be quite subjective. He does not give room to dissenting voices from summiteers such as minister T. Zinto.
In the eyes of Asiyo, Professor Kimani’s wife, poor leadership has translated to poor roads which in the long run have aggravated accidents. His only daughter dies through an accident. Consequently, desperation sets in leading to a divorce.
The leader of Comrade Melusi’s group is sacked because of coming from the Ndebele tribe while the country’s leader comes from the populous Shona. In Zimbabwe, all those from the Southern side (Ndebele) whom the leader constructs and perceives to be against the government are whipped out.
Pastor Chincke Chiamaka is arrested and put in police custody for preaching about the government’s failure to deal with the issues bedeviling the nation. When he’s later on released, he’s banned from preaching.
The heads of state pick President Bangoura who had said he would not look at two documents as chairman of a committee that is to look at the document and provide direction.
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