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Kiboi Muriithi
Kiboi Muriithi the author of War in the Forest was born in Nyeri,Kenya in 1930.He attended Ngorano and Tumutumu mission Schools.He owed his early nationalistic teachings to his fat...view moreKiboi Muriithi the author of War in the Forest was born in Nyeri,Kenya in 1930.He attended Ngorano and Tumutumu mission Schools.He owed his early nationalistic teachings to his father who was a peasant during the oppressive colonial period.
In 1952,when the Mau Mau war of independence erupted,he joined the freedom fighters in the forest where he rose to the rank of Lt General.
War in the Forest is an autobiography of his personal experiences as a leader of the Mau Mau.He was later arrested and detained until 1958 when the war ended and Kenya was due for her well deserved independence in 1963.
Kiboi Muriithi is married to his wife Wambui,and were blessed with eight children.view less