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    Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want
    Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want
    Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want
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    Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want

    By Raja Sharma

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    The original title of the play is “Ngaahika Ndeenda.” The play was written by the Kenyan playwrights Ngugi wa Mirii and Ngugi wa Thiong. It was first performed in Kenya in 1977. The play was first performed in the playwright’s home village of Kamiriithu.

    The play was later translated into English as “I Will Marry When I Want.” It is believed that the political furor that is presented in the play was inspired from the playwright’s personal experience when the playwright was detained without trial in 1977.

    The play is set in Post Independence Kenya. It illustrates the legacies of colonialism and innumerable difficulties which the Kenyans faced after the successful overthrow of British colonial rule.

    Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want
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    Chapter One: Introduction
    Chapter Two: Plot Overview
    Chapter Three: Characters
    Chapter Four: Complete Summary
    Act One
    Act Two
    Act Three
    Chapter Five: Critical Analysis
    Chapter Six: About Mau Mau Uprising

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateJun 19, 2015
    ISBN9781310794186
    Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want
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    Raja Sharma

    Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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      Ready Reference Treatise - Raja Sharma

      Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want

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      Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want

      Raja Sharma

      Copyright@2015 Raja Sharma

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      Chapter One: Introduction

      The original title of the play is Ngaahika Ndeenda. The play was written by the Kenyan playwrights Ngugi wa Mirii and Ngugi wa Thiong. It was first performed in Kenya in 1977. The play was first performed in the playwright’s home village of Kamiriithu.

      The play was later translated into English as I Will Marry When I Want. It is believed that the political furor that is presented in the play was inspired from the playwright’s personal experience when the playwright was detained without trial in 1977.

      The play is set in Post Independence Kenya. It illustrates the legacies of colonialism and innumerable difficulties which the Kenyans faced after the successful overthrow of British colonial rule.

      The playwright has very successfully interwoven lyrical and metaphysical elements in this play. The play tries to maintain a unity between actor and spectator. The first audiences of the play were the village peasants.

      After some successful performances, the play was banned by the Kenyan authorities. It is also said that Ngugi was imprisoned because of the play. He was kept in the Kamiri Maximum Security Prison in Nairobi from December 1977 to December 1978.

      While spending his time in the captivity, he wrote the play Devil on the Cross. He eventually left Kenya and sough safety abroad. He did not come back to Kenya for many decades.

      Chapter Two: Plot Overview

      I Will Marry When I Want is set is post-colonial Kenya. Kiguunda and Wangeci are husband and wife. They are poor farmers.

      Kioi and his wife Jezebel are going to visit the peasant couple. Kiguunda and Wangeci are waiting for them.

      While waiting, Kiguunda and Wangeci begin to argue with their daughter Gathoni. The parents believe that their daughter is lazy and disrespectful because she has come under the influence of modernity.

      Suddenly, Gicaamba and his wife Njooki, two friends of the waiting couple, stop by before the expected visit.

      Gicaamba has his radical views and he explains how the Kenyan authorities are oppressing the Kenyan people. He says that the Kenyan authorities collaborate with the foreigners to oppress the Kenyan people.

      Gicaamba further says that harmful Western religions have also entered their country. He speaks against the rich and their greed for money, and how they exploit the poor to fill their pockets.

      After the departure of Gicaamba and his wife Njooki, Kioi and his wife arrive. Kiguunda and Wangeci begin to wonder whether their visit has something to do with Gathoni and John.

      It transpires that Gathoni and Jon, the son of Kioi and Jezebel, are romantically involved. Two other flourishing Africans, Ndugire and his wife Helen are present.

      They tell Kiguunda and Wangeci that they should do a lawful Christian marriage and they should join the church. Kiguunda

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