Wanjiru Warama

BOOK-2 OF THE COLONIZED SERIES AND KENYA’S MAU MAU REVOLT: A PEASANT’S TALE

 

Book by Wanjiru Warama

 

Reviewed by Pennell Paugh

 

November 14, 2023 (La Mesa) -- Wanjiru Warama is a resident of La Mesa, and a member of the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild. The author provides true stories of how her family and community lived in abject poverty on British colonial farms in Kenya. Her historic memoir sheds light on the struggles of Kenyan farmworkers and rural populations under the British colonial rule and the subsequent Mau Mau freedom fighters’ revolt. 


Error message

Support community news in the public interest! As nonprofit news, we rely on donations from the public to fund our reporting -- not special interests. Please donate to sustain East County Magazine's local reporting and/or wildfire alerts at https://www.eastcountymedia.org/donate to help us keep people safe and informed across our region.