Mũkami Kĩmathi, Mau Mau Freedom Fighter – How Kenyatta and Odinga vied for Mau Mau vote August 18, 2020 – Posted in: Review

For millions of Kenyans, yesterday was just another Sunday. But for Mukami Kimathi and the remnants of the Mau Mau movement that waged the war for independence in the 1950s, it was a special day. Unbeknown to many Kenyans, February 18 marked the day the icon of the independence struggle, Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi, was executed by the colonial government for his role in the Mau Mau war. Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of Kimathi’s…

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Kenya: Bridging Ethnic Divides, A Commissioners Experience on Cohesion and Integration – Posted in: Review

What you need to know: Quite often, a difficult, painful, or frustrating day or task such as mediating ethnic conflict can be redeemed by writing about it. By writing we can claim what we have lived and thus integrate it more fully into our journeys. There are significant insights one gets from reading Alice Nderitu’s book, Kenya, Bridging Ethnic Divides; A Commissioner’s Experience on Cohesion and Integration. Writing is a true spiritual discipline: Writing can help…

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Mukami Kimathi – The Mau Mau Freedom Fighter March 30, 2020 – Posted in: Review

This review and feature image is a contribution from Glynis Maina as authored and published on her blog on May 29th, 2019 Being the wife of a Freedom Fighter may look like a walk in the park where your husband’s name seemingly opens all doors for you and make things right. This book however shows how in about 65 years our freedom fighters are still not well documented historically. It corrects the belief that women…