Maina Wa Kinyatti

Maina wa Kinyatti be Kenyan Marxist historian den former political prisoner under Daniel arap Moi ein dictatorship. Na dem consider am de foremost researcher for de Mau Mau insyd Kenya, one of de primary reasons wey na dem arrest den imprison Kinyatti. After dem release am from prison for 17 October 1988 (after he serve six den a half years, mostly for solitary confinement insyd), he flee de country go Tanzania, na he dey fear a re-arrest by Moi ein government. After a month insyd Dar es Salaam, na dem  force Kinyatti nake he apply for political asylum insyd de US.Kenya: A Prison Diary. Maina wa Kinyatti. BookSurge Press. 2009. Na dem award Kinyatti de PEN Freedom to Write Award insyd 1988.

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 Bibliography 

 Thunder from the Mountains: Poems and Songs from the Mau Mau
 Mau Mau: A Revolution Betrayed
 Kenya's Freedom Struggle: The Dedan Kimathi Papers
 Kenya: A Prison Notebook
 Mother Kenya: Letters From Prison 1982–1988
 A Season of Blood: Poems from Kenyan prisons
 History of Resistance in Kenya : 1884-2002

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Category:Kenyan people
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Category:20th-century Kenyan writers