Ngaahika Ndeenda

This renowned play (originally published in Gĩkũyũ as Ngaahika Ndeenda) was developed with Kikuyu actors at the Kamirithu CulturalCentre in Limuru. It proved so powerful, especially in its use of song, that it was banned (came back on stage in May 2022) and was probably one of the factors that led to the detention of one of the authors without trial in December 1977. In March 1982, the Kamirithu Theatre was dismantled by the authorities when the Gĩkũyũ musical by the authors, Mother, Cry for Me, was in final rehearsal awaiting for a licence for performance at the National Theatre in Nairobi.Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is Kenya’s most prolific writer. He was born in Limuru (Central Kenya) in 1938 and educated at Makerere University (Uganda) and Leeds University (UK). He is well known internationally as a novelist, a playwright and a literary critic. His novels, Weep Not, Child (1964), The River Between (1965), A Grain of Wheat (1967), Petals of Blood (1977) and Devil on the Cross (1980), have established him firmly in the world’s literary scene. He has had an impact with the plays The Black Hermit (1968), ’This Time Tomorrow’ (published in Short African Plays) and The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (1976), written with Micere Githae Mugo.Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ was born in Rolomo, Limuru in 1951. He was educated in Ngenia Secondary School and, from 1972 to 1974, worked with Kenya Posts and Telecommunications. He took a Diploma in Adult Education at the Institute of Adult Studies, University of Nairobi, and then joined the Institute for Development Studies. Whilst working at the Institute, he became involved with peasants and workers in Community Development at Kamirithu, Limuru.Ngũgi wa Thiong’o ni mwandiki wa ng’ano na mathaako ma ngerekano gakuundi. Mabuku maake maingi maandikitwo na Kingenü. Mabuku macio ni Weep Not Child; The River Between; A Grain of Wheat; Petals of Blood; The Black Hermit na This Time Tomorrow. Ithaako ria ngerekano, The Trial of Dedan Kimathi riandikirwo ni Ngügi mari na Micere Githae Mügo. Ngaahika Ndeenda, ithaako ria mere kwandikwo na rüthiomi rwa Giigiküyüriandikirwo ni Ngügi mari hamwe na Ngügi wa Mirii. Caitaani Mütharaba-ini, ibuku ria Ngügi ria keeri kwandikwo na rüthiomi rwa Gigiküyü, riandikirwo riria Ngügi aathamiirio njeera nene ya Kamiti. Ataanathaamio, Ngügi aari mwarimü wa kirira Yunibaaciti ya Nairobi. Ngügi wa Mirii aaciariirwo Roromo, Limuru 1951. Aathoomeire Ngenia ceekondari kuuma 1972 nginya 1974 akiruta wira wa karani na Rühoonge rwa Boothita na Thimü. Thuutha úcio ni guo aatoonyire Yunibaaciti ya Nairobi Rühoonge rwaGithoomo kia Andü Agima. Aarikia akiandikwo wira Yunibaaciti ya Nairobi, Rühoonge rwa Mathoomo ma Uküria. Hiindi iyo ari o wira-ini йуй ni guo aanylitaniire na arimi-anyiinyi na aruti-a-wira üküria-ini wa itüüra ria Kamiriithü, Limuru. Wira úria eendeete müno ni üküria wa miikarire ya Müingi na makiria üküria wa githoomo na miikarire ya aruti-a-wira na arimi-anyiinyi. Ithaako riiri ria ngerekano riandikirwo güteithiriria Üküria wa Mücii wa Müingi Müügi Kamiriithü mwena-ini ükonii githoomo na miikarireya müingi. Rütaanatuunywo mara ma üthaaki mweri-ini wa ikümi na ümwe 1977, ithaako rĩa Ngaahika Ndeenda rũoneetwo ni aruti-a-wira na arimi-anyiinyi aingi müno. Athaaki a rio maari aruti-a-wira na arimi-anyiinyi a Kamiriithü, Limuru. -anyiny aingi mno. Atharki Ngaahika Ndeenda ni kanya karia geetirwo ka üügi. Ni ithaako rigereetie kwaria cararükü ühoro wa mioyo ya aruti-a-wira na arimi-anyiinyi, na üria bürüri witü ühaana ümüüthi úyü. Aandiki ni magereetie kürora hiicitüri iitü kuuma hindi iria Njaamba cia Mau Mau ciang’eeng’anaga na ngwataniro ya Ngaati na Thükümü. Ithaako riiri riandikiitwo na rüthiomi rümwe rwa bürüri, toondü aandiki a rio meetikitie ati miikarire ya bürüri ikuuagwo ni thiomi cia andü a guo. Ithaako riiri ni njira imwe ya Mü