The place of Gikonyo in Kenya's journey towards independence standardmedia.co.ke - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from standardmedia.co.ke Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In 1960, the colonial government in Kenya issued a letter to all administrative officers to burn all materials and documents relating to Mau Mau that the incoming African government could use.
The Mau Mau movement is often depicted as a spontaneous uprising of savage Kikuyu peasants using primitive and brutal methods to agitate for the return of their land.
Historians estimate that more than 100 detention camps were set up from 1952-1960, yet remarkably little is known about their history in both Kenyan and British public spaces today.