Joseph Muthee

Joseph Muthee is a Kenyan writer and Kikuyu sage who wrote about his experience as a detainee of the British colonial government at Kapenguria during the Mau Mau Uprising. He was released in 1959, and entered politics as the Kenya [African National Union|KANU Party] Locational Branch Chairman of Magutu between 1960 and 1968. Poor finances eventually forced him to return to horticulture to support his family. He won the Jomo [Kenyatta Prize for Literature] in 2007 for Kizuizini.

Works

Mau Mau detainee|Author= Joseph Muthee