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Different worlds, ages but same oppression

NAIROBI: Vera; or, The Nihilists-the first Oscar Wilde play-found its way to Alliance Française last weekend.

The historical play, although telling a compelling story of social oppression by Russian dictatorship government in the 1880s, communicated to the Kenyan audience and addressed previous and current socio-political climate.

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