prominent personalities showed growing interest in the living symbols of women in the Mau Mau War. Mama Ngina, for instance, made a trip to Nyeri to see Field Marshal Muthoni and perform the ...

"Jomo Kenyatta knew the Mau Mau headquarters was in Mathare during the war, so he allocated Mathare to the Mau Maus."Yet history tells a more complex tale. Historians note Kenyatta's relationship ...

The Mau Mau uprising also marked a turning point in the struggle for independence. Kikuyu resistance to European colonisation was well established before the Second World War. The Kikuyu Central ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The Mau Mau war veterans in Nyeri have accused successive regimes of neglecting them. Led ...