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Favorite thing: Field Marshal, Dedan Kimathi Wachiuri (1920 - 1957) was a Kenyan rebel leader who fought against British colonization in Kenya. He was convicted and executed by the British Colonial Government, sentenced to death by hanging and his remains are buried in unmarked grave at Kamiti Prison.
For the Kikuyus (largest tribe in Kenya), Kimathi was a freedom figter and the leading fighter for Kenyan freedom. Ironicaly but truth, for British he was nothing but the terrorist and that point of vew hasn't changed even today.
People should read the book by Caroline Elkins, it is called "Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britan's Gulag in Kenya", in which the author argued that during the Mau Mau Uprising the British detained over one million Kikuyu in what essentialy were concentration camps, exposing them to untold suffering, torture and death.
The monument to Kimathi was erected in 2007 in military regalia, holds a rifle on the right hand and a dagger on the other, symbolizing the last weapon he held in his struggle. During the time, Kimathi became a cultic figure for all Kenyans.