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Styles and their effectiveness in Imbuga’s ‘Betrayal in the City’

What you need to know:

  • It is ironical that the soldiers, who are expected to protect the citizens, are taking advantage of their positions to harass and even kill them.
  • Mulili kills the old couple for insisting on a shaving ceremony instead of protecting them.
  • He also kills Kabito after a quarrel during the meeting when Kabito disagrees with his ideas and accuses him of commanding people around.

In Betrayal in the City, Francis Imbuga uses various stylistic devices to highlight his message.

These include humour, irony, play-within-a-play, proverbs, songs, symbolism and satire.

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