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    MEETING IN THE DARK Micah Marie Mission

    Jhanine Villadolid

    BY: NGUGI WA THIONG’O Lara Jane Villadolid


    Jasmine Kaye Yuson
    SUMMARY
    John, a young Kenyan man, has impregnated a native
    girl called Wamuhu. Whilst John comes from a well
    educated Christian family Wamuhu's family lives in a
    traditional manner. John now has to decide: Will he
    marry Wamuhu and face his strict father? Or leave
    Wamuhu and the child to pursue his Western education ?
    Conflicted, the situation escalates into a confrontation
    between John and Wamuhu in the dark a rush of
    insanity, John kills Wamuhu.
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    Ngugi Wa Thiong’o Biography
    1.)Numerous novels, plays, short stories and
    essays
    2.)Professor of English and Comparative
    literature
    3.)Born in Kenya
    4.)Changed his name from James (pen
    name)
    5.)First novel ('Weep Not Child')
    6.)Was imprisoned after performing his play
    7.)Due to Amnesty International he was
    released a year later
    8.)Likely candidate to win the Nobel prize in
    Literature
    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
    COLONIALISM
    In 1886, British acknowledged German influence over Tanganyika.
    Retained Kenya for themselves
    Largest tribal group The Kikuyu
    Resentment grew
    Resulted in Mau Mau rebellion

    MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES
    Goal: ‘civilization’
    Campaigned against customs such as female circumcision in Africa
    The figurehead of the Mission in Africa was David Livingstone
    Converts were often those on the margins of society
    Linked to 'white power'
    CHARACTERS
    John: Main protagonist,
    Polite, educated Christian man

    Wamuhu: beautiful village girl


    Circumcised and confident
    CHARACTERS
    John’s Father John’s Mother

    Stanley: Susana:
    strict father,  counterpart to the father
    Not affectionate to the family, Closer to son
    Sinned before marriage,
    Christian preacher,
    Feared by son and villager
    CHARACTERS
    Wamuhu’s parents:
    Traditional tribe members,
    Suspicious of new religion
    FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
    1.) Intentional process to alter or cause injury to female genital
    organs
    2.) No benefit
    3.) Causes several problems
    4.) 125 million women who are alive today are circumcised
    5.) carried out between infancy up until the girl is 15
    6.) FGM violates the basic human rights
    WHY IT IS PRACTICED?
    Control over women’s sexuality
    Hygiene
    Cultural identity
    Religion
    AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHO PRACTICES FGM
    CONFLICT OF CULTURES
    Native Tradition Christianity

    Represented by Wamuhu and her •Represented by others


    parents
    J •Imposed by the father
    Tribal tale
    O •Western Education
    Work
    H •Opposed tribal customs
    Customs (FGM) N •Marriage
    Marriage
    IS JOHN A COWARD AND MURDERER OR VICTIM
    OF CIRCUMSTANCES?
    PLOT
     John is respected and looked up man to by those in his
    community because he represents a “true African son.” He
    has achieved this status by successfully completing every
    available level of education—and he plans on leaving the
    country to study more.
     John is in a relationship with a native girl name
    Wamuhu.
    RISING ACTION
     John found out that Wamuhu got pregnant.
    CLIMAX
     John has to decided between pursuing his studies
    to Uganda or stay with Wamuhu.
    FALLING ACTION
     John’s solution is to keep quite of Wamuhu’s pregnancy.
    RESOLUTION
     Wamuhu and her child got murdered by John.
    The final line of the story is “… he had created and kill
    then.”
    THE END

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