I decided to travel to Kenya in 2015, where I had the honour of meeting some of the remaining Mau Mau freedom fighters, who had organized themselves into associations to claim back the land that ...

Each year in Kenya, familiar faces are feted at the national remembrance of the country’s heroes and heroines including freedom fighters. Dedan Kimathi is arguably the most commemorated of figures.

I have studied what became of some former freedom fighters after Kenyatta's pronouncement of “hakuna cha bure” (Kiswahili for“nothing for free”) after Kenya attained independence.

The family of Dedan Kimathi and relatives of other well-known Kenyan freedom fighters didn’t immediately comment. They had been outspoken with calls for an apology and compensation from Britain ...

Mukami Kimathi, the wife of fellow Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi, has been eulogized for her role in championing the rights of Mau Mau fighters. She died on May 4 at the age of 96.

These include the unarmed women who sustained the freedom fighters during this fraught period of Kenya's history. Historians estimate that between 1952 and 1960, British colonial forces detained ...

The family of Dedan Kimathi, who was hanged by the British administration, and relatives of other well-known Kenyan freedom fighters didn’t immediately comment — a change from their past ...