I Refuse to Die My Journey For Freedom Wamwere, Wa Koigi

  • Seven Stories Press
  • Year of publishing: 2004
  • Place of publishing: New York
  • ISBN: 158322615X
  • Language: English
  • Series: First

Keňský bojovník za lidská práva wa Wamwere strávil celkem třináct let ve vězení a čelil popravě, než byl na nátlak mezinárodních organizací bránící lidská práva osvobozen. V této poutané autobiografii wa Wamwere vspomíná na brutalitu a utlačování během keňských koloniálních i postkoloniálních dějin, stejně tak jako na vlastní utrpení. Brilantně vkomponoval africký folklór do své analýzy zapojení Západních i Afrických států. Wa Wamwere otevřeně kritizuje povstání Mau Mau proti britskému koloniálnímu útlaku, oslabující přizpůsobení se Jomo Kenyatty a nástup Daniela Arapa Moi. Wa Wamwere líčí svoji kariéru aktivisty, novináře a člena keňského parlamentu, kde reprezentoval jeden z nejchudších distriktů své země, a také jak se odmítal umlčet během režimů Kenyatty a Moi přestože byl zadržen, mučen a pětkrát uvězněn. Navzdory svému osobnímu utrpení a keňskému boji proti v době koloniální i postkoloniální, wa Wamwere dává ve své inspirující knize najevo nezlomnost a optimismus.

Kenyan human rights activist wa Wamwere spent a total of 13 years imprisoned and faced execution before pressure from international human rights groups freed him. In this gripping autobiography, wa Wamwere recalls the brutality and oppression of Kenya's colonial and postcolonial history as well as his own personal suffering. He brilliantly incorporates African folklore in his analysis of Western and African engagement. Wa Wamwere is bluntly critical of the rise of the Mau Mau in response to British colonial repression, as well as the debilitating accommodation of Jomo Kenyatta, and the rise of Daniel Arap Moi. Wa Wamwere recounts his career as activist, journalist, and member of the Kenyan parliament representing one of the most depressed districts in the nation, and his refusal to be silenced by the Kenyatta and Moi regimes despite detention, torture, and five times being imprisoned. Despite his personal suffering and Kenya's struggles through colonial and postcolonial strife, wa Wamwere exhibits resilience and optimism in his inspiring autobiography.

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