German Colonialism, Memory and Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketile

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dc.contributor.authorMwaifuge, Eliah S.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-19T12:18:14Z
dc.date.available2016-09-19T12:18:14Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at the following link http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RHSS/article/view/18453en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how Ebrahim Hussein in Kinjeketile uses memory of German colonial rule in the then Tanganyika, a part of German East Africa to interrogate the encounter between the coloniser and colonised. Hussein’s play largely deploys the African belief system to represent a moment of great conflict between the German colonial administration and native Tanganyikans as the locals struggle to build national consciousness under nascent nationalism. The paper uses a new historicist approach to determine the discrepancy between fact and fiction, much as the play is based on an actual event that took place in the 1905-1907 period. It argues that the reconstruction of the Maji Maji rebellion is geared towards evoking the memory of the past to teach the present and the future generations rather than present a historical fact. Thus the paper demonstrates the power of memory in invigorating the present in relation to the future.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2224-5766
dc.identifier.issn2225-0484
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3730
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIISTEen_US
dc.subjectGermanen_US
dc.subjectTanganyikaen_US
dc.subjectMaji Majien_US
dc.subjectEbrahim Husseinen_US
dc.subjectKinjeketileen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.titleGerman Colonialism, Memory and Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketileen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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