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An extraordinary account of how a laborer's son rose to challenge the power of despots, I Refuse to Die is both the autobiography of one gifted man who rose. Tracing the roots of the Mau Mau rebellion, wa Wamwere follows the evolution and degeneration of Jomo Kenyatta and the rise of Daniel arap Moi. In , wa Wamwere won a seat in the parliament, where he represented the economically depressed Nakuru district for three years.

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He describes the physical and emotional abuse visited on his parents and others by the plundering British. Tracing the roots of the Mau Mau rebellion and the strict curfews and violence of the colonial government, wa Wamwere follows the evolution and degeneration of Jomo Kenyatta and the rise of Daniel arap Moi. During those years, wa Wamwere began to speak out and fight for human rights. In he won a seat in the parliament, where he represented the economically depressed Nakuru district for three years.

I Refuse To Die: My Journey For Freedom

His history is infused with freedom songs of his people and revealing allegories born out of the Kenyan storytelling tradition. As an activist, a journalist, and a member of the Kenyan parliament, wa Wamwere was framed and detained on three separate instances, spending thirteen years in prison, where he was tortured but not broken.

His mother and other mothers led a hunger strike to free him and fellow political prisoners. Their efforts brought about a show trial where wa Wamwere was sentenced to four more years in prison and six strokes of the cane. Under such a sentence, others had died from abuse to body and spirit.

But, buoyed by a growing chorus of international support, wa Wamwere refused his fate. And lived not only to tell, but to fight on. Notes Includes bibliographical references.

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View online Borrow Buy Freely available Show 0 more links Set up My libraries How do I set up "My libraries"? These 3 locations in All: Open to the public ; YY Open to the public R N Open to the public Book; Illustrated English Show 0 more libraries The book is infused with the freedom songs of the Kenyan people, as well as dream prophecy and folk tales that are part of Kenya's rich storytelling tradition. Tracing the roots of the Mau Mau rebellion, wa Wamwere follows the evolution and degeneration of Jomo Kenyatta and the rise of Daniel arap Moi. In , wa Wamwere won a seat in the parliament, where he represented the economically depressed Nakuru district for three years.

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An outspoken activist and journalist, wa Wamwere was framed and detained on three separate instances, spending thirteen years in prison, where he was tortured but not broken. His mother and others led a hunger strike to free him and fellow political prisoners. Their efforts brought about a show trial at which Koigi was sentenced to four more years in prison and "six strokes of the cane," and escaped Kenya—and probably execution—only through the exertions of human rights groups and the government of Norway.

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To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about I Refuse to Die , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Jul 18, Johnny D rated it really liked it. To the arrogant mind of the British imperialist, there was only one civilization and that was European and colonizing. Because we stood outside European culture, colonialists claimed we had no civilization.

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But we had our own civilization that to us was more advanced than the European one because it gave us land, food, freedom, identity, spiritual peace and happiness. To the extent that our civilization met our needs, we were not primitive.

Europ "We were called primitive, uncivilized or shenzi. Europeans considered themselves more advanced because they could conquer, kill and rob more efficiently.

Black people could not possibly prefer a civilization that killed and colonized them to their own. More incomprehensible logic was to come. Having judged us as primitive, the white man proceeded to tell us, The reason I have killed and conquered you is not because I want to steal your land, minerals, timber and labour but because I want to civilize you or turn you into what I am. In other words, I want to turn you into the one who kills you, transform you into your own enemy! Controversial human rights activist, Koigi Wa Wamwere is one of those people.

This book is not just an autobiography, but a lesson in history and a manifesto against neocolonialism. Without self-aggrandizement, Koigi Wa Wamwere traces Kenya's history with his own life's work as a centrepiece.