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The much we didn’t learn from The Caucasian Chalk Circle

The much we didn’t learn from The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Kelvin Kiarie A few months ago a prominent lawyer took to social media to complain about the legal system in Kenya. Apparently frustrated after losing a case, the learned friend likened Kenyan judges to Azdak in Bertolt Brecht’s play the caucasian chalk circle. Predictably,

SOCIAL STRUGGLE/CLASS STRUGGLE/ CLASS WARFARE IN THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE

The Caucasian Chalk Circle examines the relations between different classes in a socially stratified society. The society in the play consists of the rich and the poor. These two classes are at war because the rich use their wealth and influence to oppress the poor in their quest for more wealth or power. Having political