A Grain of Wheat

What are biblical allusions as used by Ngugi wa thiong'o in his book A Grain of Wheat?

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• Harry Thuku is seen encouraging people to ask Pharaoh to let his people go (12).
• Mumbi compares herself to Esther from the Bible (75).

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The hotel name friends had a quote from the bible:come unto me all that are hungry and I will give you rest (pg39)

PG 22 gikonyo readsa few lines from the bible given by general R psalm 72 that signifies hope for freedom

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