The Lions’ Den

The Lions’ Den is a book by Iris Mwanza, the book focuses on Grace, a new lawyer, waiting in an interview room for her client, Willbess Mulenga, arrested for homosexuality; she is shocked by his mistreatment and determined to protect his rights despite the hostility of the attending officer.

Quotes

 * Grace had always found the old priest's inflexibility towards the spirit world baffling. He accepted angels and the Holy Spirit but rejected outright ancestors and any other spirits as pagan superstitions. This seemed illogical to her; either you believed in spirits or you didn't.
 * Iris on Grace belief
 * Grace understood that her job as a lawyer was to bear witness to these atrocities of the past, and to keep telling the truth, the whole truth, so help her God and her ancestors.
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 * Grace had a strong urge to hold Willbess, to comfort and reassure him that she would save him from this wretched place, and that everything would be all right.
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