Round 1100: Tossup 20

In a novel by this author, projects like a school for circumcised children prevent the protagonist from stopping the growing influence of Kiama. In a novel by this author, villagers who travel to the capital to petition for help during a drought are unable to find anyone willing to help the sick child Joseph. This author detailed the failed attempt of Waiyaki to become a savior who unites two villages separated (10[1])by a river. A fire mentioned at the beginning of one of this author’s novels is revealed to have been caused by a schoolteacher angry at seeing Karega enter and leave a brothel. At (10[1])the climax (-5[1])of one of this author’s novels, Mugo steps forward to admit he was the one who betrayed the Mau Mau fighter Kihika. (10[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this Kenyan author of A Grain of Wheat and Petals of Blood. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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