Question

In a play by this author, a poor guest asks a rich couple for water to wash down the beans and maize she just ate, but instead of pouring water from the jug on the table, the rich woman has a servant fetch some from a pigsty. In that play by this author, two different scenes open in homes that have pictures of a hairy Nebuchadnezzar (“NEB-yoo-kud-NEZZ-er”) as an animal and a board with the phrase “Christ Is the Head of This House.” An open-air theater at a community center was burned down (10[1])by police (10[1]-5[1])for performing a play co-written by this (10[1])author (10[1])and an author (10[1])with the same name. (10[1])In a play by this author, (10[1])a deed to a one-and-a-half acre (10[1])plot of land (10[1])is put up for collateral by Kĩgũũnda (10[4])(“kee-GOON-duh”) to pay (10[1])for a (10[1])wedding. (10[2])This author (10[1])was imprisoned for his play I (10[1])Will Marry When I Want. (10[4])For 10 points, name this author who justified his use of Gikuyu in Decolonizing the Mind. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (“n’goo-gee wah thee-ON-go”) [or James Ngugi; prompt on Thiong’o] (I Will Marry When I Want was co-written by Ngũgĩ wa Mirii. The venue is the Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%4%126.96

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Raymond ChenToronto BJohns Hopkins9110
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BNorth Carolina B9310
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Ned TagtmeierChicago ANorth Carolina A10010
Mitch McCullarPenn StateWaterloo B10110
William OrrYaleOttawa10410
Noah ChinVirginia TechToronto C10810
Andrew ZengStanfordColumbia A11410
Richard NiuCornell AIowa State12010
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Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BBritish Columbia13010
Athena ShaddenTexasChicago B13010
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateNYU13010
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Rachel FanousMichiganVanderbilt13210
Patrick TorreMarylandCornell B13410
Thomas TibbettsUCFRIT13510
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ARutgers13510
Kevin WangGeorgia TechMIT13710
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEWUSTL B14310
Joseph ChambersVirginiaColumbia B14810
Leo LawFloridaArizona State14810
Joel MilesMinnesotaHarvard14810
Neal JoshiWUSTL AWaterloo A14810
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AIndiana16510