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Rebeka Njau

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31: 252: 409:, the author "delves into the minds of her characters to reveal the psychological wounds they have suffered under patriarchy and dictatorship and their determination to heal the society. ... The narrator presents the destruction of the resourcefulness of women in the traditional African societies by modern regimes and points to ways women's power can be restored through the demolition of class hierarchies." 335:
responds by trying to assert authority in the relationship by beating Selina. As she becomes more isolated, Selina turns her sexual desires towards Gikere's younger sister, Gaciru. She experiences a mental breakdown and tries to hang herself, before strangling Gaciru in her sleep. The novel ends with Selina as a "stray woman" wandering the countryside.
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is described by Alex Wanjala as a quasi-autobiographical novel that brings together elements of social realism and the supernatural. He views the novel as Njau's attempt to expose the malaise in contemporary Kenyan society and its roots in patriarchal relations that stem from both the pre-colonial
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The novel tells the story of Selina, a prostitute living in the city who is a modern, independent woman. She decides to marry a younger lover, Gikere, and they move to his village. Selina miscarries and Gikere's mother, who had little respect for her already, calls her "an infertile witch". Gikere
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regards as a "brutal custom". She advocates for alternative forms of initiation that can empower girls. Mariana is opposed by other women, who claim to be acting on behalf of the community's elders. The play ends with Mariana being shamed for having an illegitimate child and losing her status.
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premiered at the Uganda National Theatre in 1963 and went on to be performed in Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania and the USA. The play centres on the issue of female genital mutilation. The main character is Mariana, a former prostitute who tries to help girls escape female genital mutilation, which she
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She returned to Kenya after graduation to teach at Alliance, before co-founding Nairobi Girls School in 1964. She married Elimo Njau, an artist from Tanzania. Njau's teaching career came to an end in 1968, and she and her husband then became increasingly involved with the Paa Ya Paa Gallery in
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It was interesting for us, especially in our home, because we were surrounded by people we would call primitive. They circumcised their girls. In our home my parents were Christians. It's like we lived in two countries because we were separated by traditions. We had nothing to do with one
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is considered the first Kenyan novel, and for many the first African novel, to both portray lesbian relationships and treat lesbianism sensitively. The author reported that readers believed that it "wasn't her" because of its subject
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She was such a brave woman and Mau Mau wanted to kill her. They changed —I don't know why. They came to kill her but then on second thought, just before they neared our home, they went back.
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Mbughuni, L.A. (1976). "Old and new drama from East Africa: a review of the works of four contemporary dramatists: Rebecca Njau, Ebrahim Hussein, Peninah Muhando and Ngugi".
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Her son, Morille Njau, is an artist and a consultant based in the UK and her daughter Hana Njau-Okolo is a poet, and published author who lives and works in
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Educational Books East Africa, to see if the novel could be republished. A subedited edition appeared in the African Writers Series in 1978.
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At least one reviewer was left confused by the rapid shifts in plot and point of view, but writing in 1982 Frank Birbalsingh concludes:
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Her earliest works appeared under the name "Rebecca Njau", and she had also published using the pseudonym "Marina Gashe".
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by TransAfrica Press in 1975. TransAfrica went bankrupt shortly afterwards, and Njau contacted Henry Chakava, editor of
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Africa: Rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione dell'Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente
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a one-act play, is considered the first play written by a Kenyan woman when it appeared in
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Her mother's stance against female genital mutilation bought her into contact with the
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In 1964, Njau won a prize in an East African novel competition with her manuscript
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journal in March 1963. It was republished in 1965 by Kibo Art Gallery in
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by Joke Schretlen and published by Dekker, 1988). Extracted in
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Alex Wanjala, "Orality in Rebecca Njau's The Sacred Seed",
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Njau, under the pseudonym Marina Gashe, published a poem,
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In 1964, she published a short story called "Muma" in
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Kenyan educator, writer and textile artist (born 1932)
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in Kampala. While at Makerere, she attended the 1962
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Index

Njau in 1965
Kanyariri
Kiambu County
Alliance Girls High School
Makerere University College
Binyavanga Wainaina
née
female genital mutilation
Heinemann African Writers Series
Kanyariri
Kiambu County
Nairobi
Mau Mau
Alliance Girls High School
Makerere University College
African Writers Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
Binyavanga Wainaina

Transition
Marangu

Heinemann
Achebe's
Things Fall Apart
Armah
The Beautyful Ones are not yet Born
Ngugi wa Thiong'o

The Daily Nation

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