This compelling autobiography describes the extraordinary struggle of an outspoken activist and journalist rising above the horrors of colonisation to offer an uncensored account of Kenya’s blood-stained history. Despite his harsh years of imprisonment during which time he was subject to torture followed by exile, he does not speak from a broken perspective. Instead his memoirs are infused with the freedom songs of the Kenyan people and rich with traditional allegorical stories as he fights for justice, buoys for international support, lives and tells.