The perfect nine : the epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi / Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ; translated from the Gĩkũyũ, original by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-2025, author, translator.

Standardized Title:

Kenda Mũiyũru. English

Language:

English

Kikuyu

Subjects (All):

Kikuyu (African people)--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Kikuyu (African people).

Kikuyu (African people)--Social life and customs.

Genre:

Novels in verse.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, 2020.

Summary:

"A reimagining of an old Gikuyu fable"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Prologue

2. Supplication for Power to the Tongue

3. The Perfect Nine

4. The Wind and the Ostrich

5. Feast Song and Dance

6. Gikuyu and Mumbi

7. Trials, Falls, and Triumphs

8. Mission to the Mountain of the Moon

9. The Journey

10. The Ogre and the Cure-All Hair

11. The Ogre of Endless Darkness

12. The Ogre That Fumed Fire and Fury

13. The Ogre That Shat Without Stopping

14. The Ogres with Bags That Never Filled Up

15. The Hyena and the Vulture

16. Ogres in White Masks

17. The Hair That Cures All Illnesses

18. Betrothal

19. Adoption and Clan Names

20. The First Marriage

21. Warigia

22. Warigia and the Lion

23. Cementing Relations Between In-Laws

24. Epilogue: The Will of Gikuyu and Mumbi.

Notes:

"Originally published in Kenya as Kenda Mũiyũru by East African Educational Publishers Ltd, in 2018."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781620975251

1620975254

OCLC:

1128083956