comment on the significance of time in the play the trial of dedan kimathi
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The play, “The Trial of Dedan Kimathi” is a re-creation of the historical Dedan Kimathi who was a native of Kenya and who was hanged for terrorism. The colonial masters then saw him as a terrorist who tried to jeopardize their mission in Kenya though among the natives, he was considered a Mau Mau warrior and a freedom fighter. He had a disorganized childhood. The historical Dedan Kimathi was arrested in 1956 and on 18th of February 1957; he was executed by the colonial government and buried in a mass grave. He was seen as a villain by the whites while the Kenyan natives saw him as a warrior and hero, thereby naming several public buildings after him. We can therefore say that it was this historic happening that served as a source of inspiration for Ngugi and Micere
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