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Maina Kĩnyattĩ

Maina wa Kĩnyattĩ is a Kenyan Marxist historian and former political prisoner under Daniel arap Moi's dictatorship. He is widely considered the foremost researcher on the Mau Mau in Kenya, one of the primary reasons that Kinyatti was arrested and imprisoned. After being released from prison on 17 October 1988 (after serving six and a half years, mostly in solitary confinement), he fled the country to Tanzania, fearing a re-arrest by Moi's government. After a month in Dar es Salaam, Kinyatti was forced to apply for political asylum in the US. Kinyatti was awarded the PEN Freedom to Write Award in 1988.

  • AGĩkũyũ, 1890-1965
    AGĩkũyũ, 1890-1965
    by Maina Kĩnyattĩ
    The Mau Mau Research Center, Kenya
  • Dedan Kĩmathi Speaks
    Dedan Kĩmathi Speaks
    by Maina Kĩnyattĩ
    The Mau Mau Research Center, Kenya
  • History of Resistance in Kenya 1884-2002
    History of Resistance in Kenya 1884-2002
    by Maina Kĩnyattĩ
    The Mau Mau Research Center, Kenya
  • Mwakenya: The Unfinished Revolution
    Mwakenya: The Unfinished Revolution
    edited by Maina Kĩnyattĩ
    The Mau Mau Research Center, Kenya
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