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JOSEPH KARIUKI


JOSEPH KARIUKI’S BIOGRAPHY.
A lot of commentary is written on his existence on earth, but just a little was mentioned about his birth, death, Alma Matter and about his existence. The little that is known about him states that he is a Kenyan, born in Banana Hill. He is educated both in Kenya and abroad: at Makerere and Cambridge. 

He is popular for his famous poem which is an ode to the former Kenyan president, Jomo Kenyatta.  However, nothing was said about his date of birth, parents, marriage, occupation and his childhood.
Chinua Achebe’s comment about Kariuki goes thus: that he has met Joseph Kariuki through his poems, especially through his love poem “Come Away my Love”. 
He opined that the poem is about the trials and tensions of an African in love with a white girl in Britain.

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