The bones beneath our feet
A powerful new documentary follows Evelyn Wanjugu Kimathi’s personal and political journey to recover her father’s remains—and to reckon with Kenya’s unfinished struggle for land, justice, and historical memory.
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Rose Miyonga
Rose Miyonga is a Kenyan-British writer and historian. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, where her research focuses on the dynamics of memories of the Mau Mau War in post-independence Kenya.
Back to the future
The grievances of this generation in Kenya are disturbingly similar to those of the generation of the 1940s who took up arms in the Mau Mau movement. For both, it is about land and freedom.