Untold Story of Britain 's Gulag in Kenya pdf Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of
Britain 's Gulag in Kenya Elkins, Caroline
A major work of history that for the first time reveals the violence and terror at the heart of
Britain 's civilizing mission in Kenya
As part of the Allied forces, thousands of
Kenyans fought alongside the British in World
War II. But just a few years after the defeat of
Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenya 's largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyusome one and a half million people.
The compelling story of the system of prisons and work camps where thousands met their deaths has remained largely untoldthe victim