How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.' Is that a Duo expression?' I asked. Said's face broke into a bashful smile. We have a similar expression in Duo,' he said, 'but actually I must admit that I read this particular expression in a book by Chinua Achebe. The Nigerian writer. I like his books very much. He speaks the truth about Africa's predicament. The Nigerian, the Kenya - it is the same. We share more than divides us.

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance