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The last time Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Ngugi wa Mirii's iconic play was staged in Limuru was in 1977 at the Kamiirithu Cultural Centre.
Soon after it was banned and both authors arrested. They later fled to exile. The centre was demolished by policemen in 1982.
This weekend, the play finds itself back home in Limuru with the Nairobi Performing Arts Studio staging the play at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church starting on Friday and ending today. The venue is barely three kilometres from Kamirithu Polytechnic, where the Kamiirithu theatre stood.
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