Dedan Kimathi embodied the ambiguities, colonial fears, and collective imaginations of Kenya's decolonization era. The self-identified field marshal of the Mau Mau rebellion, Kimathi personified many of the contradictions Mau Mau represented: rebel statesman, literate peasant, modern traditionalist. His capture and trial in 1956, and subsequent execution , for many marked the end of the rebellion and turned Kimathi into a martyr.
Dedan Kimathi On Trial unearths a piece of the colonial archieve long thought lost, hidden or destroyed. This landmark publicationof the entire trial transcript unsettles an already contentious history and prompts fresh examinations of its reverbations in the present.
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