Trapped in History : Kenya, Mau Mau and Me

Author: Rankin, Nicholas

Kenya

Published on 7 November 2024 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 576 pages
197 x 129 x 39 | 476g

'Excellent.' Evening Standard'Unforgettable.' Observer'Magnificent.' Daily TelegraphA twist of fate meant Nicholas Rankin spent his childhood in colonial Kenya, a white boy growing up in black Africa as British rule was ending. Decades later, he began to question the past. Trapped in History is a search for nuanced truth behind the propaganda, a post-colonial story with a close-up view of the terror and pity of empire.

'A wholly fascinating and engaging memoir that also functions as a shrewd and brilliant investigation of a still hugely controversial period of Africa's twentieth century history.' William Boyd