The Perfect Nine is a Kenyan fictional story written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan playwright.[1] After escaping starvation and conflict, Gikuyu and Mumbi made their home at the tranquil and abundant base of Mount Kenya. The Perfect Nine are their beautiful daughters, and when ninety-nine suitors show up on their estate wanting to marry them, the parents advise their girls to make their own decisions but to make the right choice [2][3]
| Author | Ngugi wa Thiong’o |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Friction/poetry |
| Publisher | Harvill Secker |
Publication date | 2018 |
| Publication place | Kenya |
Plot
editAfter escaping starvation and conflict, Gikuyu and Mumbi made their home at the tranquil and abundant base of Mount Kenya. The Perfect Nine are their renownedly beautiful daughters, and when ninety-nine suitors show up on their estate wanting to marry them, the parents advise their girls to make their own decisions but to make informed ones.[4][5]
In order to locate a mystical cure for their younger sister Warigia, who is paralyzed, the young women must first go off on a perilous expedition with the suitors. The girls' quest to return home is met with fewer suitors as they up the mountain. They must use their quick thinking and brave hearts to overcome fear, doubt, hunger, and numerous dangerous ogres. The most difficult part will probably be Warigia's surprise experience.[6][7]
Reference
edit- ^ "The Perfect Nine by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Sesay, Kadija (2021), Nwankwo, Chimalum; Egbunike, Louisa Uchum (eds.), "With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o", ALT 39: Speculative and Science Fiction, African Literature Today, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 150–155, ISBN 978-1-80010-289-7, retrieved 2024-05-09
- ^ Raia (2021). "Book review of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, "The perfect nine: the epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi" (New York: The New Press, 2020)". www.ascleiden.nl. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "The Perfect Nine: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Feminist Spin on a Gikuyu Origin Story". brittlepaper.com. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa; Onyango, Benjamin A. (2020-10-06). The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi (Unabridged ed.). Brilliance Audio. ISBN 978-1-7135-5610-7.
- ^ Thiong'o, Ngugi wa (2023-06-08). The Perfect Nine.
- ^ Waita, Zachary N. "Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's Cosmogenic Meta-Myth in The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi".
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