Round 9: 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 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 the climax of one of this author’s novels, Mugo steps forward to admit he was the one who betrayed the Mau Mau fighter Kihika. For 10 points, name this Kenyan author of A Grain of Wheat and Petals of Blood. ■END■
ANSWER: Ngugi wa Thiong’o (The novel is A River Between.)
<JF, World Literature> | Packet M - Columbia A, Ohio State A, Maryland A, Toronto C, Clemson A, Notre Dame A
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