Kinjeketile
Kinjeketile is a play by Ebrahim N. Hussein (1943-)[1]
Contents
The original text
Written and performed in Swahili in 1967, the play is based on the 1904–1905 Maji Maji Rebellion against colonial rule in German East Africa (present-day Tanzania), and explores the role played by the charismatic spiritual medium and leader Kinjeketile Ngwale[], who claimed to have been given magical water that would protect warriors from German bullets.
First published in Swahili in 1969,m with an English version being published as #4 in the Oxford University Press "New Drama from Africa" series (Dar Es Salaam: Oxford University Press) in 1970.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Hussein
https://archive.org/details/kinjeketile
https://www.scribd.com/doc/271752330/Hussein-2c-Kinjeketile-2
Photocopy of the 1970 English published text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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