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Ngugi wa Thiong'o's play goes back home after 45 years

Actors during the rehearsals for 'Ngaahika Ndeenda'/I will marry when I want/. [File, Standard]

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.

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