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''[[When the Hunchback Made Rain]]'' is a Ugandan play in two acts by the poet Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu (1938-1979)

==The original text==

Drawing on Baganda rituals on the interaction of deities and human beings, the play tells of two peasants who decide to invade God’s sanctuary to plead for rain, thus bypassing and angering Kirabira, God’s assistant.

Originally written 1970, published 1975 by Alexander Street Press.  

Published in ''Global Theatre Anthologies: Ancient, Indigenous and Modern Plays from Africa and the Diaspora'' by Methuen Drama (2024)

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

== Sources ==

https://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cbibliographic_details%7C3607793

https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/playtext-overview?docid=do-9781350360723&tocid=do-9781350360723-div-00000061

Photocopy of the 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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