Miradi Bubu ya Wazalendo

A Postcolonial Reading

Abstract

This article is a critique of Gabriel Ruhumbika’s novel: Miradi Bubu ya Wazalendo (1992) using the broad principles of postcolonialism. We examine the theme of colonialism and its effects on the people of Tanzania, and the various stages of the struggle for liberation. We also investigate the stumbling blocks to total liberation and the building of ujamaa. This paper is partly motivated by the fact that the work in question is one of the most outstanding historical novels in Kiswahili literature.