CROSSWORD 3

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Across
  1. 3. The colonial name given to Murang'a in honour of Captain Geoffrey Villiers Hall.
  2. 6. The village in Murang'a where Chief Karuri wa Gakure came from.
  3. 8. The Kikuyu deity believed to reside at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga.
  4. 10. The first man in Kikuyu mythology, husband of Mumbi.
  5. 12. The town that hosted a colonial concentration camp, and former home.
  6. 15. The birthplace of Wangu wa Makeri in Murang'a County.
  7. 16. Another name for Ngai, the supreme being in Kikuyu tradition.
  8. 17. The town formerly known as Fort Hall, renamed in 1964 after independence.
  9. 19. Colonial homeguards who collaborated with the British during the Mau Mau period.
  10. 20. The wife of Gikuyu and mother of the nine Kikuyu clans.
  11. 21. Anglican missionary who authored the 1949 "African Education in Kenya Report."
  12. 22. The Kikuyu term for age-set, marking stages of social growth and initiation.
Down
  1. 1. The original name of Murang'a before the British renamed it Fort Hall.
  2. 2. The storyteller who first narrated the tale of Ndata in 1945.
  3. 4. The author's clan, also called Mbari ya Kaihunyu.
  4. 5. The only woman who served as a colonial 'headman' in Kenya around 1902.
  5. 7. The adopted Kikuyu leader, also called Kumale ole Lemotaka, father of Waiyaki.
  6. 9. The place in Southern Kikuyu District where Lugard first met the Kikuyu leader.
  7. 11. A Kikuyu leader who resisted British invasion and died en route to Mombasa.
  8. 12. A village mentioned as part of the author's ancestral home in Murang'a.
  9. 13. The 18th-century elephant hunter who founded the author's family line in Mathioya.
  10. 14. The constituency that produced leaders like John Michuki and J.J. Kamotho.
  11. 16. The sacred fig tree under which sacrifices were made to Ngai.
  12. 18. The area where Waiyaki wa Hinga later moved and set his base.