Francis Davis Imbuga: The Man who Told the Truth Laughingly

Francis Imbuga is a renowned playwright gifted actor and a seasoned director who has contributed immensely in the establishment and understanding of African drama especially through his published plays and novels that have been read far and wide. His is a story of a journey by a young naïve little known village boy coming from a humble background but like a soldier progressing steadily as he endures the harsh realities of life in the rural colonial and post-colonial Kenya all the way to a destination of greatness and still maintaining the humility of the vivid past. Imbuga’s unique style of telling the truth laughingly as reflected in most of his works of art describes a man who has a way with words that leaves one laughing and crying at the same time.