The perfect nine : the epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938- (Author, Translator)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Prologue
  • 2. Supplication for Power to the Tongue
  • 3. Perfect Nine
  • 4. Wind and the Ostrich
  • 5. Feast Song and Dance
  • 6. Gikuyu and Mumbi
  • 7. Trials, Falls, and Triumphs
  • 8. Mission to the Mountain of the Moon
  • 9. Journey
  • 10. Ogre and the Cure-All Hair
  • 11. Ogre of Endless Darkness
  • 12. Ogre That Fumed Fire and Fury
  • 13. Ogre That Shat Without Stopping
  • 14. Ogres with Bags That Never Filled Up
  • 15. Hyena and the Vulture
  • 16. Ogres in White Masks
  • 17. Hair That Cures All Illnesses
  • 18. Betrothal
  • 19. Adoption and Clan Names
  • 20. First Marriage
  • 21. Warigia
  • 22. Warigia and the Lion
  • 23. Cementing Relations Between In-Laws
  • 24. Epilogue: The Will of Gikuyu and Mumbi.