Biography of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, a renowned writer from Kenya, whose literary pen speaks eloquently in both English and Gikuyu, was born on 5th of January 1938. Originally named James Thiong’o Ngugi, the prolific writer has penned down many plays, novels, short stories and essays - not only in the familiar English but also in Gikuyu his mother tongue.

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Francis Imbuga’s The Burning of Rags: A Synopsis

At the beginning of The Burning of Rags we are thrown straight into the heart of the play, a situation which reveals the death of Maltilda, Denis’ former wife as she remains, even in the afterlife, unhappy because her son, Yona, has not been circumcised. Her apparition appears to Agala, Denis’ father, displaying her displeasure at his and Denis’s failure to circumcise her son; she claims to have carried out the act herself.  She says, “When you and your son failed me, I circumcised him myself.”

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