The Mau Mau war continues to baffle scholars and psychologists – decades after independence. How…
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Personalities
The untold story of Chief Kiberenge: A British loyalist who cursed his dead son
by Julie Ngigiby Julie NgigiJust under two months ago, I was part of a team that met Mr Gerrishon…
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Politics
How Mau Mau court case exposed hidden Mau Mau papers in Britain
by Julie Ngigiby Julie NgigiThey were not supposed to be found. But when they were discovered the Mau Mau…
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Shortly after the Second World War, the British empire was the largest – but was…
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The mass detention of 80,000 Kenyans – in what is now known as “British Gulag”…
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Resources
Book Review: The Mau Mau journey through the eyes of Henry Wachanga
by Evan Mbuguaby Evan MbuguaMany chroniclers and writers of Mau Mau history tend to be outsiders – and second…
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As a country, post-colonial Kenya has been in constant search for heroes, and at one…
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War
How Mau Mau tricked and beheaded a powerful British District Officer in Murang’a
by Julie Ngigiby Julie NgigiThe sleepy Rwathia village in Murang’a County was rather unknown until March 1954 when it…