The autobiography of a woman who was a Kenyan nationalist fighter for the Mau Maus and later politician in Nairobi. Descended from Maasai refugees, Kikuyu front

Decades on from independence the role of Mau Mau still excites argument and controversy, not least in Kenya itself.

Novel in the form of letters to her mother from an ex stenographer during a trip to England with her husband.

First published in 2001. This is the first substantial reference work in English on the various forms that constitute "life writing." As this term suggests, the

"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpetner