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Rebeka Njau (née Nyanjega; born 15 December 1932) was Kenya's first female playwright and a pioneer in the representation of African women in literature. Her writing has addressed topics such as female genital mutilation and homosexuality. Her first novel, Ripples in the Pool, appeared as number 203 in the Heinemann African Writers Series. Her earliest works appeared under the name 'Rebecca Njau', and she had also published using the pseudonym 'Marina Gashe'.

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rdfs:comment	Rebeka Njau (née Nyanjega; born 15 December 1932) was Kenya's first female playwright and a pioneer in the representation of African women in literature. Her writing has addressed topics such as female genital mutilation and homosexuality. Her first novel, Ripples in the Pool, appeared as number 203 in the Heinemann African Writers Series. Her earliest works appeared under the name 'Rebecca Njau', and she had also published using the pseudonym 'Marina Gashe'. (en) Rebeka (ou Rebecca) Njau, née en 1932, est une enseignante, une femme de lettres et une artiste kényanne. Elle a également écrit sous le nom de Marina Gashe. Son œuvre s'intéresse particulièrement aux questions qui touchent directement les femmes et montre comment ces questions des femmes sont symptomatiques de la société kenyane. Mais , selon Jean Mugubi de l'Université Kenyatta, son originalité tient également à sa subversion des conventions littéraires (fr) Rebeka Njau, född 1932 i , Kenya, är en kenyansk författare, som ibland skrivit under pseudonymen Marina Gashe. Hon studerade till lärare vid Makerereuniversitetet i Uganda, och har arbetat som lärare, forskare och textilkonstnär. Hennes litterära produktion spänner över romaner, noveller och pjäser. (sv)
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has abstract	Rebeka Njau (née Nyanjega; born 15 December 1932) was Kenya's first female playwright and a pioneer in the representation of African women in literature. Her writing has addressed topics such as female genital mutilation and homosexuality. Her first novel, Ripples in the Pool, appeared as number 203 in the Heinemann African Writers Series. Her earliest works appeared under the name 'Rebecca Njau', and she had also published using the pseudonym 'Marina Gashe'. (en) Rebeka (ou Rebecca) Njau, née en 1932, est une enseignante, une femme de lettres et une artiste kényanne. Elle a également écrit sous le nom de Marina Gashe. Son œuvre s'intéresse particulièrement aux questions qui touchent directement les femmes et montre comment ces questions des femmes sont symptomatiques de la société kenyane. Mais , selon Jean Mugubi de l'Université Kenyatta, son originalité tient également à sa subversion des conventions littéraires (fr)

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