Rev. Jackson is a Gikuyu preacher who models the role of Christianity on both sides of the independence conflict. Although Rev. Jackson initially incorporates the ideas of Christianity into traditional Gikuyu beliefs, thus maintaining his Kenyan identity and making him a sought-after counsel amongst village leaders, he eventually converts to an orthodox, Western form of Christianity which leads him to reject ancestral beliefs and practices, spurn his relationships with village leaders, and even preach against the Freedom Fighters. This change represents a betrayal of Kenyan ideals, sacrificing their own cultural identity in exchange for a set of Western values. Not long after Rev. Jackson makes this change, he is executed by Mau Mau Fighters as a traitor, setting a firm example about the Kenyan practice of Christianity.
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Koina talked of seeing the ghosts of the colonial past still haunting Independent Kenya. And it was true that those now marching in the streets of Nairobi were not the soldiers of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army but of the King’s African Rifles, the very colonial forces who had been doing on the battlefield what Jackson was doing in churches.
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Rev. Jackson Kigondu Quotes in A Grain of Wheat
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Chapter 14
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Koina talked of seeing the ghosts of the colonial past still haunting Independent Kenya. And it was true that those now marching in the streets of Nairobi were not the soldiers of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army but of the King’s African Rifles, the very colonial forces who had been doing on the battlefield what Jackson was doing in churches.
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