This is a highly educative read. It gives a fresh perspective on the struggle for independence in Kenya, and our condition post- independence. It offers a side we are not often taught in schools, a huge mistake in my opinion. No one perspective should be peddled in which the former president Kenyatta is the sole hero and the rest are but puppets and assistants. Jaramogi shows us that there were many players in the struggle, and we ought to remember every single one of their names for the sacrifices they made. He also shows that what happens to us is ultimately on us; we decide when we've had enough, we decide when we rise up and take what is rightfully ours. No saviour is coming, we have to save ourselves.