Caroline Elkins

Caroline Elkins, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Harvard professor, dives deep into the harrowing history of the Mau Mau Uprising and the British colonial abuses in Kenya. She recounts her journey from facing skepticism over her documentary evidence to uncovering 300 hidden boxes of crucial records that validate her findings. The conversation delves into the brutal tactics used by colonial powers, the ongoing struggle for justice among Kikuyu survivors, and the implications of these revelations on contemporary views of colonial history.