Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Photographic Section
- Introduction: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Reflections on His Life of Writing
- Ngũgĩ at Work
- Part I Serenades & Beginnings
- Part II Memories, Recollections & Tributes
- Part III Working with Ngũgĩ
- Part IV The Writer, the Critic & the World
- 23 Bricklayer & Architect of a World to Come
- 24 Revisioning Goethe's Idea of ‘World Literature’ [Commendation Address On the Awarding of the Dr. Phil. h.c. (Honorary Doctor of Letters) to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, University of Bayreuth, Germany, April 2014]
- 25 Globalectics: Beyond Postcoloniality, & Engaging the Caribbean
- 26 Ngũgĩ & the Quest for a Linguistic Paradigm Shift: Some Reflections
- 27 Autobiographical Prototypes in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Early Fiction & Drama
- 28 Homecoming: The Idea of Return in the Works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- 29 Gũcookia Rũĩ Mũkaro
- 30 Muthoni's Afterlives
- Part V The Other Ngũgĩ
- Appendixes
- References
- Bibliography of Ngũgĩ's Primary Works
- Works Cited
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
29 - Gũcookia Rũĩ Mũkaro
from Part IV - The Writer, the Critic & the World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2019
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Photographic Section
- Introduction: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Reflections on His Life of Writing
- Ngũgĩ at Work
- Part I Serenades & Beginnings
- Part II Memories, Recollections & Tributes
- Part III Working with Ngũgĩ
- Part IV The Writer, the Critic & the World
- 23 Bricklayer & Architect of a World to Come
- 24 Revisioning Goethe's Idea of ‘World Literature’ [Commendation Address On the Awarding of the Dr. Phil. h.c. (Honorary Doctor of Letters) to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, University of Bayreuth, Germany, April 2014]
- 25 Globalectics: Beyond Postcoloniality, & Engaging the Caribbean
- 26 Ngũgĩ & the Quest for a Linguistic Paradigm Shift: Some Reflections
- 27 Autobiographical Prototypes in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Early Fiction & Drama
- 28 Homecoming: The Idea of Return in the Works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- 29 Gũcookia Rũĩ Mũkaro
- 30 Muthoni's Afterlives
- Part V The Other Ngũgĩ
- Appendixes
- References
- Bibliography of Ngũgĩ's Primary Works
- Works Cited
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
Summary
Profeca, ingĩka atĩa nĩ guo menye kwaria Gĩkũyũ wega itegũtondoira? Aciari akwa matiandutire Gĩkũyũ, mandutire Gĩthũngũ. Rĩũ ndĩna mĩaka mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na ĩĩrĩ, na ndingĩaria Gĩkũyũ wega. Njiguaga njonokete mũno rĩrĩa twĩna arata akwa tũkĩrĩa, tũkĩnyua na tũgĩtereta maũndũ mwanyamwanya, o makĩaria na Gĩkũyũ, no niĩ, no njokirie na Gĩthũngũ!
Kĩũria gĩkĩ kĩoririo nĩ mũirĩtu ũmwe irugainĩ rĩrĩa rĩarĩ kĩrabuinĩ gĩa Karen Country Club, mweri-inĩ wa Njuni, 2015, thutha wa Mwandĩki ti Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o kwarĩria a memba a kĩrabu kĩu. Iruga rĩu rĩatabanĩtio nĩ kambuni ĩrĩa ĩcabaga mabuku ma Ngũgĩ, East African Educational Publishers (EAEP), rĩ rĩmwe rĩa maruga maingĩ marĩa matabarĩirio nĩ kambuni ĩno gũkũngũĩra mĩaka mĩrongo ĩtano kuma rĩrĩa Ngũgĩ andĩkire ibuku rĩa Weep Not, Child.
Nĩ getha tũhote kũrikĩria ũritũ wa kĩũria kĩa mũirĩtu ũcio-rĩ, nĩ wega twambe tũmenye merĩ kana matatũ makoniĩ kĩrabu gĩa Karen Country Club. Kĩrabu gĩkĩ kĩanjirio mwakainĩ wa 1937; mwaka ũmwe Ngũgĩ atanaciarwo. Nĩ kĩmwe kĩa irabu cia ngobu bũrũri-inĩ wa Kenya, na ithuothe nĩtũkĩũĩ wega atĩ andũ aingĩ arĩa mathakaga ngobu nĩ andũ meiguĩte, na me gatũ. Hamwe na ũguo, nĩ getha mũndũ atuĩke mũmemba wa kĩrabu gĩkĩ, agĩrĩirwo nĩ kũrĩha ciringi ngiri magana matano (Kshs. 500,000 [marĩhi ma 2017]) – ta Ndora mĩrongo ĩtano (USD 50,000); na o mwaka akarĩha kĩgĩna kĩngĩ o kĩmata nĩ getha athiĩ na mbere gũkorwo e mũmemba. Ũrĩa ndĩrageria kuga nĩ atĩ, gĩkĩ nĩ kĩrabu kĩa itang'a, na gĩkoretwo kĩhana ũguo kuma kĩanjĩrĩrio.
Tondũ maarĩ arĩmi anyinyi, aciari a Ngũgĩ matingiarotire atĩ no metĩkĩrio kũingĩra kĩrabuinĩ ta gĩkĩ; kana o na kuna ngũ cia mĩtĩ ya mĩtarakwa ĩrĩa ĩrekagia honge ikabuthĩra thĩ. Gwa kahinda ka mĩaka mĩingi, Ngũgĩ we mwene ndangĩaingĩrire kĩrabuinĩ gĩkĩ, tondũ mwĩcirĩrie wake, na mandĩko make, matingĩaingĩranire na meciria ma a memba aingĩ a kĩrabu gĩkĩ. Ningĩ mahinda ma hau kabere ndaakĩrĩ na ũhoti wa kũrĩha kĩgĩna kĩa ũ memba! Arĩa tũthomete mũikarĩre wake mĩakainĩ ya hau kabere, nĩtũĩ irabu iria ciamũkenagia; no ningĩ icio ticio tũrenda gũtenderia!
Maruga marĩa matabarĩirwo nĩ matangathagwo mũno tũmemeinĩ, terebiceni-inĩ, magathĩti-inĩ, o na coco-midiainĩ. Andũ a Kenya makĩhana ta marũrũngana kũnyita Ngũgĩ mbaru, agĩtĩtĩrithia gũtĩa, kwĩruta, kwaria, gũthoma, na kwandĩka thiomi cia mũndũ mũirũ.
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- NgugiReflections on his Life of Writing, pp. 168 - 171Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2018