Shakespeare in Swahililand by Edward Wilson-Lee

Author:Edward Wilson-Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

MATHU: … Sir, I am afraid of this [legislation] because I do not want the Government and this legislature to be accused of being like Shakespeare’s Shylock, the Jew, and Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice.

Here we are making a bond in the way of an Ordinance for 1956 and the Jew, in this case the government, is going to demand before 31st December, 1956, a pound of flesh in the form of the tax. The question is this: Antonio is not there, so who is going to pay? Because the cargo is delayed, because the ship cannot come in to shore on time, and that is just the point here. Now the cargo is being waited for and the cargo, in my opinion, which is going to come in order to pay Shylock, the Jew, the pound of flesh, is the opportunity for earning a decent and legitimate livelihood by these people. The question is who is our Bassanio, Sir, and who is Portia to give the judgement. (Applause)

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