NGUGI WA THIONG'O & MICERE GITHAE MUGO: THE TRIAL OF DEDAN KIMATHI

The Trial of Dedan Kimathi Ngugi wa Thiang’o is the most significant spokesman of East African ethos and culture, described as a “novelist of the people”, this dissident Kenyan novelist, dramatist, essayist and literary critic brings alive the plight of his people who have been oppressed and exploited by colonialism, christianity and in recent years, by black politicians and businessmen in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (Co-authored with Micere Githae Mugo). The present work seeks to examine the play about Mau Mav insurrection in Kenya and one of its legendary heroes, Dedan Kimathi, through a political, sociological and patriotic perspective for the benefit of students in our universities through the dramatis personae that were in the forefront of Kenya’s struggle for freedom. Ngugi wa Thiang’o is the most significant spokesman of East African ethos and culture, described as a “novelist of the people”, this dissident Kenyan novelist, dramatist, essayist and literary critic brings alive the plight of his people who have been oppressed and exploited by colonialism, christianity and in recent years, by black politicians and businessmen in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (Co-authored with Micere Githae Mugo). The present work seeks to examine the play about Mau Mav insurrection in Kenya and one of its legendary heroes, Dedan Kimathi, through a political, sociological and patriotic perspective for the benefit of students in our universities through the dramatis personae that were in the forefront of Kenya’s struggle for freedom.

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