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Mukami Kimathi Mau Mau Freedom Fighter by Wairimu Nderitu
Being the wife of a Freedom Fighter may look like a walk in the park where your husband’s name seemingly opens all doors for you and make things right. This book however shows how in about 65 years our freedom fighters are still not well documented historically. It corrects the belief that women stayed home as men went to the forest to fight. Women also fought, Mukami having been one of them and her fight was not just in the war but in keeping her husband’s name alive. Don’t get me wrong, I can already feel you rolling your eyes thinking this is another feminist manifesto that you don’t approve.…
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Book Duka – The African Bookstore
I like books. I like some more than others. I like the feeling you get when you’re excited to turn the page but still have to finish reading the current one. I like reading and being smart. 2019 was supposed to be a chilled year for me where I don’t get a demanding job for the first few months. Where I just take a break and breath. I’m terrible at taking breaks. I’m just as bad at procrastinating as I am at taking breaks. When I wrote the Scramble and Partition for Africa article I needed to do a lot of fact checking. Part of me feels like even…
