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Out of Africa Scene 6 Summary

The Husband's Back… and Then There's a War

  • Karen meets Bror on the road; Karen expresses the desire to have children.
  • Kikuyu tribespeople are arriving for medical care, and she tends to their needs.
  • War is declared (WWI), and the colonials organize.
  • Denys and Berkeley discuss the realities of the war intruding upon their lives.
  • The war's just another excuse for Bror to leave Karen alone on the farm again.