Kinjeketile
Kinjeketile is a play by Ebrahim Hussein (1943-)[1]
Contents
The original text
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[].
First published in Swahili in Dar Es Salaam by Oxford University Press in 1969.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Hussein
Photocopy of the published OUP 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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