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A Study Guide for Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "The Martyr," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literature of Developing Nations for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literature of Developing Nations For Students for all of your research needs.
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A Study Guide for Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "The Martyr" - Gale
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The Martyr
Ngugi wa Thionq’o
1974
Introduction
The short story The Martyr
by Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o, East Africa’s leading writer, was first published in 1974, in his collection Secret Lives and Other Stories. The Martyr
takes place in colonial Kenya, during a time of rebellion amongst the native Kikuyu people against the white European settlers and plantation owners. News of the murder of two white settlers by their own African houseboy
initiates the events of the story. Mrs. Hill, a white plantation owner, is visited by her friends Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Smiles to discuss the murder. Njoroge, an African man who works as the houseboy
of Mrs. Hill, has plans to kill Mrs. Hill that night, with the help of the Ihii (Freedom Boys). While Mrs. Hill prides herself on her generosity to the Africans who work for her and the loyalty of her houseboy,
Njoroge in fact deeply resents her for her smug liberalism
and her paternalism
in these matters. In his small hut that night, Njoroge thinks of his own wives and children, and then of Mrs. Hill’s children, who are away at school. Seeing her humanized
in this light, he is unable to conceive of killing her. He runs to her house to warn her before the Freedom Boys arrive to murder her. Alarmed and suspicious, Mrs. Hill incorrectly believes he is knocking at her door to kill her—and she shoots him in what she believes is self-defense. Thus, "she had in fact killed her
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