The Cockroach Dance

Dusman Gonzaga lives in a squalid apartment with a lot of hungry cockroaches. His neighbours, a mix of garbage men, hawkers, witch doctors, fraudsters, wise men and mad men, all think he is insane when he asks them to join his revolt against rent increase. In revenge, Dusman quietly signs them up for the petition he takes to the rent tribunal. The Cockroach Dance is the tale of one man's resistance to despair and wretchedness. 'Meja Mwangi spins a fascinating tale of one man's revolt against exploitation'. The Daily Nation