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