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Title: I Refuse to Die : My Journey for Freedom by Koigi wa Wamwere ISBN: 1-58322-615-X Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good autobiography of a mordern day patriot
Comment: Koigi's book is a good narrative of his life and philosophy as it relates to Kenya. A large part of the book is dedicated to describing his early life experiences and how they shaped his outlook on life and his dedication to the liberation of Kenya.
The fact that he was detained by both the Kenyatta and Moi regimes shows his resolve to fighting injustice no matter the leadership at hand. The contribution of Koigi to the "second" liberation of Kenya cannot be overlooked.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ravinder S. Bhalla
Comment: This book is an autobiographical exposition of a living freedom fighter that has experienced the oppressive conditions of colonial Africa as well as the terror of African dictatorship that people in Kenya and other countries find themselves in today.
Koigi's personal story is simply incredible. The son of impoverished forest workers, he was a first hand witness to the brutality of British colonialism against Mau Mau freedom fighters. He witnessed the birth of an independent Kenya led by Jomo Kenyatta, as well as Kenyatta's eventual betrayal of the ideals that informed the Mau Mau struggle for independence. Miraculously, the emphasis that his parents placed upon education led him to an opportunity to study at Cornell University in New York in the 1970's, where he was exposed to democratic freedoms that were unheard of under Kenyatta's reign.
Koigi then returned to Kenya to fight for these democratic ideals within his homeland, and as a consequence, was imprisoned by Kenyatta for speaking for freedom and land reform. He successfully ran for and served in Parliament in 1979, and was then imprisoned once again by President Daniel Moi. What followed was a series of exiles and detentions, eventually resulting in his exile to Norway and now, to New York city.
Koigi is a true democrat, and has devoted his life to the struggle for democracy and human rights in Kenya. The book title, 'I Refuse to Die' is a clever interplay upon the distinction between physical death and spiritual collapse; to Koigi, death of the conscience and the will to speak truth to power is the ultimate end of one's being. Albert Camus' phrase, "I resist, therefore I am" applies aptly to Koigi's life story to date.
The product of Koigi's history of suffering and sacrifice is a wonderfully written autobiography. And this story is certainly not over, as there is little doubt that Koigi will continue to fight for these ideals in the years to come.
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Title: So Vast the Prison: A Novel by Assia Djebar, Betsy Wing ISBN: 1583220674 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 10 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Negative Ethnicity: From Bias to Genocide by Koigi Wa Wamwere, Koigi Wa Wamwere, Koigi ISBN: 1583225765 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Ake : The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka ISBN: 0679725407 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 23 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Rambunctious Reflections: The Rollicking Memoirs of an English Boy in Kenya by Leonard J. Gill ISBN: 1553951077 Publisher: Trafford Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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