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In a play by this author, a poor guest asks a rich couple for water to wash down the beans and maize she just ate, but instead of pouring water from the jug on the table, the rich woman has a servant fetch some from a pigsty. In that play by this author, two different scenes open in homes that have pictures of a hairy Nebuchadnezzar (“NEB-yoo-kud-NEZZ-er”) as an animal and a board with the phrase “Christ Is the Head of This House.” An open-air theater at a community center was burned down (10[1])by police (10[1]-5[1])for performing a play co-written by this (10[1])author (10[1])and an author (10[1])with the same name. (10[1])In a play by this author, (10[1])a deed to a one-and-a-half acre (10[1])plot of land (10[1])is put up for collateral by Kĩgũũnda (10[4])(“kee-GOON-duh”) to pay (10[1])for a (10[1])wedding. (10[2])This author (10[1])was imprisoned for his play I (10[1])Will Marry When I Want. (10[4])For 10 points, name this author who justified his use of Gikuyu in Decolonizing the Mind. ■END■ (10[1])

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