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| + | 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. | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 05:57, 26 August 2025
When the Hunchback Made Rain is a Ugandan play in two acts by the poet Elvania Namukwaya Zirimu
Contents
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.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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