Reading herein: Mau Mau and Nationhood: Arms, Authority and Narration. Edited by E.S. Atieno Odhiambo and John Lonsdale (First 111 of 323 Pages).

“Kenyatta’s relationship to the movement was ambiguous. The British arrested him in 1952 on suspicion of being one of its leaders. But after independence his pleas to “forgive and forget the past” were often accompanied by a clear dissociation from the Mau Mau. He continued to describe them as a “disease” and they remained banned under Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi”…From the Supplemental below.

𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗬𝗔 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

Kenya is just one big plantation. So alleges Cyprian Nyamwamu – director of the Future of Kenya Foundation.

His point is that the vast majority of the country’s wealth is controlled by a tiny number of families. Just six, he claims.… pic.twitter.com/HTdESvDp8p

— African Stream (@african_stream) March 7, 2024

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Supplemental: Why Kenya’s Mau Mau gave up their fight, by Anaïs Angelo

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