Mau Mau in Action

Summary

Waruhiu Itote, nom de guerre General China, was one of the key leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya alongside Dedan Kimathi, Stanley Mathenge, Kurito ole Kisio, Musa Mwariama and Muthoni Kirima. Itote was the first senior Mau Mau leader to be captured by the government, when he fell into a trap in 1954.