Ngugi wa Mirii

Ngugi wa Mirii
▪ 2009

      Kenyan-born Zimbabwean playwright and activist

born 1951, Limuru, Kenya

died May 3, 2008, Harare, Zimb.
was coauthor with Ngugi wa Thiong'o of two plays that criticized the Kenyan government. Both men were arrested and imprisoned for the Gikuyu-language play Ngaahika ndeenda (1977; I Will Marry When I Want), which attacks capitalism, religious hypocrisy, and corruption among the new economic elite of Kenya; five years later Mother Cry for Me caused such a negative reaction from the Kenyan government that both men were forced into exile. Ngugi wa Mirii settled in Zimbabwe, where he wrote about the social issues facing ordinary citizens, as well as extensive criticisms of imperialism and capitalism; he was also a strong supporter of the Pan-African cause. In 1985, with the support of the Zimbabwean government, Ngugi wa Mirii was awarded funding to found the Zimbabwe Association of Community Theatre, with the goal of bringing about social change through the arts. He became a Zimbabwean citizen shortly thereafter.

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