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The British detained nearly the entire Kikuyu population—roughly 1.5 million people—in a system of camps and barbed-wire villages.

She reveals a coordinated effort by British officials to destroy official records before Kenya gained independence. Imperial reckoning: the untold story of Britain...

Elkins documents widespread atrocities, including beatings, sexual violation, castration, and psychological coercion. Imperial reckoning: the untold story of Britain...

Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya (2005) by Caroline Elkins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical investigation. It exposes the systematic violence used by the British colonial government to suppress the Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya. Key Findings Imperial reckoning: the untold story of Britain...