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Cry, the Beloved Country

Father Vincent

When Absalom Kumalo decides to marry the mother of his soon-to-be-born child, it is to Father Vincent, a white priest at the Mission House in Sophiatown, that the Kumalos turn to. The young priest also acts as a confident for Kumalo while he is searching for his family and fearing the worst has befallen them.