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In post-independence Kenya, peasant farmer Kĩgũũnda and his wife Wangeci face a visit from wealthy businessman Kĩoi, whose son has courted their daughter Gathoni. As the family considers a church wedding, Kĩoi uses their land deed to secure a loan, then rejects them when Gathoni returns pregnant and abandoned. Kĩgũũnda and Wangeci lose their land and livelihood, and the household’s private crisis becomes part of a wider struggle against elite exploitation.
Remi, the first man from his tribe to attend university, leaves for the city after his brother's death makes him responsible for marrying Thoni under tribal custom. Elders and a Christian priest persuade him to return and lead the tribe, but he rejects its demands and his marriage; after Thoni dies, he recognizes the depth of her love and his loss. The tragedy explores the pull between tribalism and nationalism in a newly independent country.
Captured by colonial authorities, Dedan Kimathi faces a series of trials where a banker, priest, businessman and politician try to persuade him to surrender or plead for his life; he refuses to betray his fellow revolutionaries.
In post-independence Kenya, peasant farmer Kĩgũũnda and his wife Wangeci face a visit from wealthy businessman Kĩoi, whose son has courted their daughter Gathoni. As the family considers a church wedding, Kĩoi uses their land deed to secure a loan, then rejects them when Gathoni returns pregnant and abandoned. Kĩgũũnda and Wangeci lose their land and livelihood, and the household’s private crisis becomes part of a wider struggle against elite exploitation.
Remi, the first man from his tribe to attend university, leaves for the city after his brother's death makes him responsible for marrying Thoni under tribal custom. Elders and a Christian priest persuade him to return and lead the tribe, but he rejects its demands and his marriage; after Thoni dies, he recognizes the depth of her love and his loss. The tragedy explores the pull between tribalism and nationalism in a newly independent country.
Captured by colonial authorities, Dedan Kimathi faces a series of trials where a banker, priest, businessman and politician try to persuade him to surrender or plead for his life; he refuses to betray his fellow revolutionaries.