Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya
Title | Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2005 |
Authors | Elkins, Caroline |
Number of Pages | 475 |
Publisher | Henry Holt |
City | New York |
Abstract | Thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II, but just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenya's largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyu--some one and a half million people. The story of the system of prisons and work camps where thousands met their deaths has remained largely untold, because of a determined effort by the British to destroy all official records of their attempts to stop the Mau Mau uprising, the Kikuyu people's ultimately successful bid for Kenyan independence. |
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