NGUGI WA THIONGO
S.BANCE
At the very beginning of chapter 1,
NJOROGE had a conversation with his
mother. He seemed very happy after that.
What was the subject of their conversation?
“ I cannot drop the
apprenticeship” said
KAMAU,
NJOROGE’s brother.
What is KAMAU
being trained for?
They rebuilt the road
that ran across the
land.
They also built the long
tarmac road and left a
name for themselves
because some of them
went about with black
women…
Who are they?
There were noticeable
differences on the
landscape.
The White settlers’ land
was green and was not
lacerated into small
strips.
Give one characteristic of
the land of Black people.
In the town of Kipanga,
how did Black people
earn their living?
JACOBO owned the land on which NGOTHO
(NJOROGE’s father) lived.
A/False
B/True
SWALI 7
How a man who has a land was considered?
A/Rich
B/Polygamous
C/Clever
Besides NJOROGE,
his mother had
another son. What
happened to him in
the big war?
KAMAU is angry and has mixed
feelings about his apprenticeship
among other things.
He then concluded that: “some
Europeans are better than Africans.”
After your reading, what do you make/
think of this quote?
NJOROGE’s father is a very good story
teller.
He mentioned that: “at the beginning of
things, there was only one man (Gikuyu)
and one woman (Mumbi)”. This couple
seems to represent some biblical
characters.
Who are they?
Despite the financial difficulty of the
family, NJOROGE is going to get
education while his brother KAMAU
completes his apprenticeship in
carpentry.
The big war and its consequences.
The town of Kipanga and the relationship
between Black, Indian, and White folks.
First day of school
NYOKABI’s thoughts on
education.
JACOBO’s compound
and NGANGA’s land
Story time & the biblical
analogy: “What
happened, O Murungu,
to the land you gave us?”
• VASCO DE GAMA led
the first European
(Portuguese) expedition
in the port of Mombasa
in 1498.
British Protectorate -
1895
The English moved
into highlands in early
1900s.
Crown Colony of Kenya
administered by a
British governor in
1920.
1952-1959: the Mau Mau
insurgency against the
British settlers and the
state of emergency.
The fighters were from
the Kikuyu, Embu, and
Meru ethnic groups.
Members of the Land
Freedom Army captured,
tortured, and killed.
Independence-1963
KANU (Kenya African
National Union) won the
general elections.
JOMO became the first
president.
Actual government
leaders: President MWAI
KIBAKI & Prime Minister
RAILA ODINGA.
From the 7-4-2-3 (British)to the 8-4-4
(American)education system in 1985.
The literacy rate (age 15 and over who can read and
write) in Kenya is 85.%.
2003: introduction of Free Primary Education
Kimani Maruge, the world's oldest person to start
primary school at age…84.
15 airports including the most famous one in Nairobi,
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
The Kenyan highway network with 160,886 Km
(100,000 miles) is ranked 31st in the world.
The Masai Tribe
The National Parks
SOUND OFF
Education can be defined as the process
through which knowledge, skills,
attitudes, and values are imparted for
the purpose of integrating the individual
in a given society, or changing the values
and norms of that society.
It is as important in Kenya as it is
everywhere else in the world.
*How significant it is for you to
achieve academic accomplishment?
*Do you consider it the ultimate path
to accomplish your dreams?
Whenever dialogue fails, it can be very disastrous.
How far would you go to oppose/support the
effort of peace/war?
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