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The tension between artistic expression and state control in Kenya dates back to the 1970s and 1980s, when repression of intellectuals reached extraordinary levels.
Beyond the harassment and detention of writers, the state once infamously went in search of a man called Matigari, only to discover that he was a fictional character in a novel, Matigari, by Ngugi wa Thiong'o. The incident was emblematic of a regime so wary of dissent that it blurred the line between imagination and reality.
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