NGUGI WA THIONGO

S.BANCE
 At the very beginning of chapter 1,
NJOROGE had a conversation with his
mother. He seemed very happy after that.
What was the subject of their conversation?
 “ I cannot drop the
apprenticeship” said
KAMAU,
NJOROGE’s brother.
What is KAMAU
being trained for?
 They rebuilt the road
that ran across the
land.
They also built the long
tarmac road and left a
name for themselves
because some of them
went about with black
women…
Who are they?
 There were noticeable
differences on the
landscape.
The White settlers’ land
was green and was not
lacerated into small
strips.
Give one characteristic of
the land of Black people.
 In the town of Kipanga,
how did Black people
earn their living?
 JACOBO owned the land on which NGOTHO
(NJOROGE’s father) lived.
A/False
B/True
SWALI 7
 How a man who has a land was considered?
A/Rich
B/Polygamous
C/Clever
 Besides NJOROGE,
his mother had
another son. What
happened to him in
the big war?
 KAMAU is angry and has mixed
feelings about his apprenticeship
among other things.
He then concluded that: “some
Europeans are better than Africans.”
After your reading, what do you make/
think of this quote?
 NJOROGE’s father is a very good story
teller.
He mentioned that: “at the beginning of
things, there was only one man (Gikuyu)
and one woman (Mumbi)”. This couple
seems to represent some biblical
characters.
Who are they?
 Despite the financial difficulty of the
family, NJOROGE is going to get
education while his brother KAMAU
completes his apprenticeship in
carpentry.
 The big war and its consequences.
 The town of Kipanga and the relationship
between Black, Indian, and White folks.
 First day of school
 NYOKABI’s thoughts on
education.
 JACOBO’s compound
and NGANGA’s land
 Story time & the biblical
analogy: “What
happened, O Murungu,
to the land you gave us?”
• VASCO DE GAMA led
the first European
(Portuguese) expedition
in the port of Mombasa
in 1498.
 British Protectorate -
1895
 The English moved
into highlands in early
1900s.
 Crown Colony of Kenya
administered by a
British governor in
1920.
 1952-1959: the Mau Mau
insurgency against the
British settlers and the
state of emergency.
 The fighters were from
the Kikuyu, Embu, and
Meru ethnic groups.
 Members of the Land
Freedom Army captured,
tortured, and killed.
 Independence-1963
 KANU (Kenya African
National Union) won the
general elections.
 JOMO became the first
president.
 Actual government
leaders: President MWAI
KIBAKI & Prime Minister
RAILA ODINGA.
 From the 7-4-2-3 (British)to the 8-4-4
(American)education system in 1985.
 The literacy rate (age 15 and over who can read and
write) in Kenya is 85.%.
 2003: introduction of Free Primary Education
 Kimani Maruge, the world's oldest person to start
primary school at age…84.
 15 airports including the most famous one in Nairobi,
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
 The Kenyan highway network with 160,886 Km
(100,000 miles) is ranked 31st in the world.
 The Masai Tribe

 The National Parks

 SOUND OFF
 Education can be defined as the process
through which knowledge, skills,
attitudes, and values are imparted for
the purpose of integrating the individual
in a given society, or changing the values
and norms of that society.
It is as important in Kenya as it is
everywhere else in the world.
*How significant it is for you to
achieve academic accomplishment?
*Do you consider it the ultimate path
to accomplish your dreams?
 Whenever dialogue fails, it can be very disastrous.
 How far would you go to oppose/support the
effort of peace/war?
 http://www.psywar.org/maumau.php
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-
13681341
 http://maps.worldmap.org/worldmap/index
.html?cn=WA
 http://international.iupui.edu/kenya/resour
ces/Education-in-Kenya.pdf
 http://africanhistory.about.com/od/biograp
hy/a/bio-Kenyatta01.htm