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Let down till death: No place for Miceere at Uhuru Park

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Pro Micere Mugo in her office 1978. [File, Standard]

They locked her in a police cell together with men. The State then stripped her of her birthrights and ultimately chased her out of her motherland. For decades, Kenya disowned one of her most prolific playwrights and poets, Prof. Miceere Mugo, condemning her to a life in exile.

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