The First Grader Page #2

Move!

Get out of the way!

Move out!

Where are they,

the Mau Mau?

Well done, Peter.

Makofi for Peter!

Well done, well done, Peter.

Try again another day. A wonderful boy!

OK, who's going to write for me

the number four?

The number four?

Who is going to write for me?

Suzanne. Suzanne, come.

Come and write for me the number four.

Well done, Suzanne.

Makofi for Suzanne, please.

Well done, well done, Suzanne!

Try again another day. A wonderful girl!

A wonderful girl! Very good.

OK, next after four is five.

Who is going to write the number five

for me?

Kamau, come and write

the number five for us.

Come.

Come and write the number five

so that we all know how to write

the number five.

Stop it!

Is that how we write the number five?

No.

No, it is not, Kamau.

I was just kidding.

OK. No more jokes.

Excellent! Very good, Kamau.

Makofi for Kamau, please.

Well done, well done, Kamau.

Try again another day. A wonderful boy.

OK, Maruge, can you come

and write for us the number six?

Maruge! Can you come

and write the number six for us?

Maruge!

Hey, stop.

Maruge, will you write the number six

for us?

OK, can someone else write me

the number six?

Who is going to write me

the number six?

Good morning, class.

Good morning, Teacher Alfred.

Teacher Alfred is going to inspect

for neatness, yes?

OK, sit down, sit down.

Thank you, Teacher.

Patrick, hm-hm. Good, good, good.

Pauline. Good.

Good.

Where is the date?

Good, good, good.

Maruge, your pencil's very blunt.

What kind of example are you setting?

Go sharpen it now

and don't let it happen again.

Malisa, Malisa, Malisa.

Should I help you

to hear a little bit better?

Like this, Maruge.

Maruge? Let's get you some air.

- What's wrong with him?

- Stay with my class.

It wasn't me!

What's wrong, Maruge?

I think this is all too much for you

at your age, Maruge.

Maybe you shouldn't be here.

It won't happen again.

What is that?

I was in the camps.

You were Mau Mau?

Yes.

Tell me what happened

in the classroom, Maruge.

Then I can help you.

I must go back to class

to finish my work.

I was a prisoner.

The British stole our land,

so we said they must give it back.

They told us to be quiet.

So we spoke very loud.

To some,

in 1963.

That was uhuru.

What does 'uhuru' mean?

It's 'freedom'.

Freedom!

Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Uhuru!

- Uhuru!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Uhuru!

- Uhuru!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Uhuru!

- Uhuru!

- Uhuru!

- Uhuru!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Uhuru!

- Uhuru!

What is this?

He's going to be a problem, for all of us.

Come on! Come outside

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