Kamiriithu
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Kamiriithu is a village in Kenya’s Kiambu County known as the birthplace of renowned writer and theorist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and as a historic site of community-based theatre and political activism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kamiriithu canonical | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | village ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s cultural activism
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peasant and worker mobilization ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
I Will Marry When I Want
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Ngaahika Ndeenda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| culturalMovement | Kamiriithu Theatre movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
informal trade
ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ |
| governedBy | Kiambu County Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Gikuyu agrarian community ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | closure of Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre by the Kenyan government ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre
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birthplace of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ community-based theatre ⓘ political activism ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Gikuyu
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Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Kenya
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Kiambu County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Limuru town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResident | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Limuru area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Daniel arap Moi regime
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postcolonial Kenya ⓘ |
| region | former Central Province of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s critical essays
ⓘ
scholarship on African theatre ⓘ studies of Kenyan political repression ⓘ |
| theatreTradition |
community theatre
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popular theatre ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence |
1970s
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early 1980s ⓘ |
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