Chapter 11, Petals of Blood

In Chapter Eleven, Munira's journey with Karega through New Ilmorog gives us a glimpse of the harmfulness of unchecked economic development, which is the main theme in the chpater. Slums have grown up around the city, and poverty and addiction run rampant. New Ilmorog is the author's statement against the irony of an independent Africa where only rich and ruthless black men can prosper, but the majority of the population is as bad or worse off than before independence.