Round 10: Tossup 1

In a novel from this country, the protagonist falls in love with a barmaid after moving to Ilmorog. In another novel, Kihika kills a district officer in this country, causing him to be hanged after Mugo turns him in. (10[1])The narrator falls in love with Denys Finch Hatton in a memoir set on one of this country’s coffee plantations. This country’s native languages are advocated in favor of the “cultural bomb” (10[2]-5[1])English in a collection by its author Ngũgĩ (10[1]-5[1])wa Thiong’o (10[2]-5[1])(“nʼGOO-gee wah thee-ON-go”). Kikuyu laborers man (10[1])a farm in this country (10[1])in Isak Dinesen’s memoir Out of Africa. For 10 points, name this East African country where Ngũgĩ once taught at the University of Nairobi. ■END■ (10[4])

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