The Scar of Kamuruana Hills (Essay Sample)

The Scar of Kamuruana Hills
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The Scar of Kamuruana Hills
As Kamau sat on his creaking, wooden, ricochet armchair watching the golden rays of the evening sink into Kamuruana Hills, he could not stop himself from thanking the Deity (Mwenenyaga) for saving his life. The glossy, permanent, crooked pink scar on his arm reminded him of that fateful night when his village kinsmen chased him into the woods for falling in love with a converted Christian girl from two ridges across – Muthoni. His father, Kabedi, had vehemently warned him against contravening the longstanding Kikuyu custom. “Never interact with the white men or anyone who was a fanatic of their destructive religion,” he recalled his dad’s hoarse voice barking.
Kamau had done the exact opposite. He fell in love with Muthoni, the daughter of Kathurima. Kathurima was a loathed, despised, and outcast former village elder who had converted to the white man’s religion. He preached from ridge to ridge of eternal damnation and eternal happiness. No one understood why he had opted to abandon their ancestor’s religion. That the white men were slowly encroaching on their land and enslaving them to work in the coffee and tea highlands surrounding the local hills aggravated the situation. And Kamau had gone right ahead and fallen for this man’s daughter!