Dedan Kimathi on Trial: Colonial Justice and Popular Memory in Kenya’s Mau Mau Rebellion PDF
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DEDAN KIMATHI ON TRIAL Colonial Justice and Popular Memory in Kenya’s Mau Mau Rebellion Edited by JULIE MACARTHUR Foreword by M˜ıcere G˜ıthae Mu˜go and Ngu˜g˜ı wa Thiong’o Dedan Kimathi on Trial Ohio University Research in International Studies This series of publications on Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Global and Comparative Studies is designed to present significant research, translation, and opinion to area specialists and to a wide community of persons interested in world affairs. The series is distributed worldwide. For more information, consult the Ohio University Press website, ohioswallow.com. Books in the Ohio University Research in International Studies series are published by Ohio University Press in association with the Center for International Studies. The views expressed in individual volumes are those of the authors and should not be considered to represent the policies or beliefs of the Center for International Studies, Ohio University Press, or Ohio University. Executive Editor: Gillian Berchowitz Dedan Kimathi on Trial Colonial JusTiCe anD PoPular MeMory in Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion edited by Julie Macarthur Introductory Note by Willy Mutunga Foreword by Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ohio university research in international studies Global and Comparative studies series no. 17 ohio university Press athens ohio university Press, athens, ohio 45701 ohioswallow.com © 2017 by ohio university Press all rights reserved To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from ohio university Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740) 593-1154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax). Printed in the united states of america The books in the ohio university research in international studies series are printed on acid-free paper ƒ ™ Cover image: Dedan Kimathi on trial, 1956. Getty images Cover design: beth Pratt 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data names: Macarthur, Julie, 1982- editor. | Mutunga, Willy, writer of introductory note. | Mugo, Mĩcere Gĩthae, writer of foreword. | ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, 1938- writer of foreword. Title: Dedan Kimathi on trial : colonial justice and Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion / edited by Julie Macarthur ; introductory note by Hon. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga ; foreword by Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo and ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. other titles: research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 17. Description: athens, ohio : ohio university Press, 2017. | series: ohio university research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 17 | includes bibliographical references and index. identifiers: lCCn 2017036215| isbn 9780896803169 (hc : alk. paper) | isbn 9780896803176 (pb : alk. paper) | isbn 9780896805019 (pdf) subjects: lCsH: Kimathi, Dedan, 1920-1957--Trials, litigation, etc. | Kenya--History--Mau Mau emergency, 1952-1960. | Mau Mau--History. Classification: lCC DT433.577 .D425 2017 | DDC 967.6203--dc23 lC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017036215 Contents list of illustrations ix introductory note willy mutunga xi Foreword mĩcere gĩthae mũgo and ngũgĩ wa thiong’o xiii acknowledgments xix abbreviations xxiii introduction The Trial of Dedan Kimathi julie macarthur 1 Primary Documents 1 Trial of Dedan Kimathi 41 2 Judgment 137 3 appeal to the Court of appeals for eastern africa 152 4 appeal to the Privy Council of the united Kingdom 156 5 interrogation report of Dedan Kimathi 175 v 6 exhibit no. 20—signed arrest statement of the accused 191 7 exhibit no. 22—original Gikuyu Version of Kimathi letter, 20 october 1954 193 8 exhibit no. 22a—official english Translation of Kimathi letter, 20 october 1954 199 9 exhibit no. 23—Kimathi letter, 30 March 1954 207 10 exhibit no. 24—Kimathi letter, 6 March 1954 210 11 exhibit no. 25—letter from Chief Muhoya to Dedan Kimathi, 2 June 1954 211 12 exhibit no. b1—surrender leaflet, 24 august 1953 212 13 exhibit no. C1—surrender leaflet, 24 august 1953 213 14 exhibits nos. D1 and D2—surrender leaflet and safe Conduct Pass, 18 January 1955 215 15 Final letter from Kimathi to Father Marino, 17 February 1957 218 Critical Essays chapter 1 Mau Mau on Trial Dedan Kimathi’s Prosecution and Kenya’s Colonial Justice david m. anderson 233 chapter 2 Mau Mau’s Debates on Trial john m. lonsdale 258 chapter 3 The unfolding of britain and Kenya’s Complex Tango An Uneasy Return to a Critical Past and Its Implications nicholas kariuki githuku 284 vi i Contents chapter 4 Dedan Kimathi The Floating Signifier and the Missing Body simon gikandi 317 chapter 5 Memorialization and Mau Mau A Critical Review lotte hughes 339 appendix 372 bibliography 381 Contributors 395 index 399 Contents i vii Illustrations Maps 1 Colonial Kenya, c. 1956 xxiv 2 Central Kenya xxv 3 Capture scene xxvi Figures 1a–b exhibit no. 20, signed arrest statement of the accused 191 2a–f exhibit no. 22, original Gikuyu version of Kimathi letter, 20 october 1954 193 3 exhibit no. D2, Mau Mau safe conduct pass 217 a.1 exhibit no. 1, plan of capture scene 375 a.2 exhibit no. 6, pistol 375 a.3 exhibit no. a, X-ray photograph of Kimathi’s bullet wound to the thigh 376 a.4 exhibit no. 21, photo of Dedan Kimathi, June 1953 377 a.5a–b Warrant of execution 378 Photographs Following page 220 1 Dedan Kimathi with pen, 1953 2 Dedan Kimathi after his capture, 1956 ix
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