Kinjeketile

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Kinjeketile is a play by Ebrahim Hussein (1943-)[1]

Written in Swahili[] and based on the 1904–1905 Maji Maji Rebellion against colonial rule in German East Africa (present-day Tanzania), it explores the role played by the charismatic spiritual medium and leader Kinjeketile Ngwale[].


Photocopy of the 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.