![]() ![]() Lithebe, a Christian lady who believes that it is her religious duty to aid others. Once in Johannesburg, Stephen is bid welcome by Msimangu, the priest who sent him the initial letter. There, he also hopes to find Absalom, who had gone to the city and never returned. Stephen leaves as fast as he can on an expensive and lengthy trek to the city. ![]() Ostensibly, he is needed to help Gertrude, who has fallen ill. Stephen receives a message from another minister asking him to come to Johannesburg. The novel begins in Ndotsheni, in the eastern area of South Africa’s Natal Province. The book was adapted into several movies and plays in the half-century after its release. Cry, the Beloved Country is known for illuminating a historically underrepresented location and history and discussing the impact of the South African apartheid and fear’s erosive force on society. ![]() He travels to Johannesburg to check up on them. Geographically isolated from his brother John, his sister Gertrude, and his son Absalom, Stephen becomes worried when he stops hearing from them. Set in South Africa, it follows a Christian reverend named Stephen Kumalo, who lives in a Zulu village called Ndotsheni. Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1948 work of historical fiction by Alan Paton. ![]()
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