Waiyaki is a young man who takes the responsibility of repairing the two ridges of Makuyu and Kameno which separated due to the religion of Christianity. The River Between, written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, captures the ramifications of white men's religions and its effects on the two mountain ridges, separated by the Honia River, as history surrounds Waiyaki as it flourishes. In the story, Waiyaki, also known as The Master, is a strong and valiant young man who believes in the ancient ritual ways of the original tribe; however it also mixes with the white man's teachings. Waiyaki attempts to return white men's learning, not their religions, to the old tradition and fails miserably. Overall, the people of the two tribes, Makuyu and Kameno, are not compatible with each other due to the spread of Christianity in the ridges. Considering the relationship that each character has with each other, the spread of Christianity has a significant impact on the relationship between African males and females. For example, Joshua, with his wife Miriamu and two daughters Muthoni and Nyumbura, has a relationship with others that strongly possesses the ways of the laws of Christianity. In the NIV Bible, in Genesis 17 line 10, it is announced that "every male among you will be circumcised", and Joshua may believe this, although Joshua specifies that Joshua is against male circumcision. However, it announces Joshua's animosity towards women's circumcision. Joshua even “dedicate[s] a prayer asking God to forgive him for marrying a woman who had been circumcised,” (31) which affects the relationship between him and his wife. His wife has no say in the story; however, he expresses his thoughts and feelings...... in the center of the paper ......r, ends up backwards; the two tribes separated even more than before. In conclusion, Thoing'o's story, The River Between, truly told a story that touched many lives in Africa. He told the story of how Euro-Christianity influences the life of the countries of sleeping lions. Works Cited Amoko, Apollo O. “The Similarity of Colonial Mimicry: A Revisionary Reading of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's The River Between.” Research in African Literatures 36.1 (2005): 34+. AcademicOneFile. Network. 11 December 2013.Genesis. Holy Bible, new international version. BibleGateway and Web. December 12, 2013.Macharia, Keguru. "'How does a girl become a woman?' Childhood in TheRiver Between by Ngugi wa Thiong'o." Research in African Literatures 43.2 (2012): 1+. Academic OneFile. Web.11 December 2013.Thiongʼo, Ngũgĩ Wa. The river in the middle. London: Heinemann, 1965. Print.