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Inheritance
A play that starts in pre-colonial Africa in the Kutula Colony. King Kutula XV is a benevolent traditional ruler who forsakes technological sophistication in favour of social cohesion and meaningful development for all his fellow citizens.
However, the Queen's representatives - Thorne Macay and Bishop Menninger - do not like King Kutula's leadership style especially because the British empire does not stand to gain in this arrangement. Soon they hatch plans for the murder of the king int he hands of the heartless and power-hungry son, Lacuna Kasoo.
Kutula Colony is transformed into a republic with the leader Lacuna Kasoo and his cronies enriching themselves at the expense of national development.
Lacuna Kasoo gets more and more dictatorial and isolated and he is finally deposed in a bloodless coup.
However, the Queen's representatives - Thorne Macay and Bishop Menninger - do not like King Kutula's leadership style especially because the British empire does not stand to gain in this arrangement. Soon they hatch plans for the murder of the king int he hands of the heartless and power-hungry son, Lacuna Kasoo.
Kutula Colony is transformed into a republic with the leader Lacuna Kasoo and his cronies enriching themselves at the expense of national development.
Lacuna Kasoo gets more and more dictatorial and isolated and he is finally deposed in a bloodless coup.
140 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2017
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December 31, 2018
It took me a while to get through this play and it had a disappointing ending for me.
It perpetuates the same post-colonial period challenge: people are united for a single cause but after they succeed in their cause, they are left to plan for what comes next. They never thought far beyond their success - highlighting continual shortsightedness.
I wish the narrative would be told more imaginatively...
It perpetuates the same post-colonial period challenge: people are united for a single cause but after they succeed in their cause, they are left to plan for what comes next. They never thought far beyond their success - highlighting continual shortsightedness.
I wish the narrative would be told more imaginatively...
June 25, 2021
A good book. It depicts things on the ground this time instead of the Robert and Daniel it is the likes of Meshack and Malipoa mistreating their own
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July 14, 2026
Here's to reading my first play in 2026, and this was like looking into the mirror.
Waking up every day to know that the current regime in Kenya does what harms Kenyans is exhausting 🤦🏾♀️.
Mulwa takes the reader to Kutula Colony, pre and post colonialism, and a bloodless revolution as the people finally get Lacuna off power for his greed created ' a kingdom of beggars.'
I also noticed that this play has lots of exclamation marks 🙃.
Waking up every day to know that the current regime in Kenya does what harms Kenyans is exhausting 🤦🏾♀️.
Mulwa takes the reader to Kutula Colony, pre and post colonialism, and a bloodless revolution as the people finally get Lacuna off power for his greed created ' a kingdom of beggars.'
I also noticed that this play has lots of exclamation marks 🙃.
May 19, 2024
"If I wanted a parrot, I would've gotten one from the book by Long John Silver." Robert & Goldstein are quite the crooks in this book. Sadly, this is how my people did business back in the day.
May 12, 2025
I don't get the book
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