I Will Marry When I Want by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Ngũgĩ wa Mirii | Explained | Summary | Analysis

“I Will Marry When I Want” is a play by the Kenyan playwrights, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Ngũgĩ wa Mirii, published in the Gĩkũyũ language with the title “Ngaahika Ndeenda” in 1986 and first performed in 1977 at the Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre, an open-air theater in Limuru, Kenya. 0:29 Historical Context 3:34 Act 1 (summary) 14:18 Act 2 Scene 1 18:23 Act 2 Scene 2 22:18 Act 3 Scene 1 23:09 Act 3 Scene 2 24:23 Act 3 Scene 3 26:13 Post-colonial Class Struggle (theme) 28:39 Corruption & Religion (theme) 30:56 Gender & Silencing (theme) 32:30 Tradition vs. Western Culture (theme) 34:25 Title-deed (symbol) 🔔Subscribe for Poem Analysis    / @filmitea   🔔Subscribe for Novel/Drama/Short Stories    / @thecursedculture   #NgugiwaThiongo #NgugiwaMirii #IWillMarryWhenIWant #ngugi #thiongo #mirii #kenyanliterature #kenya #africanliterature