The Final Charge

In this intelligent, passionate novel, a charismatic African politician seeks justice for the war crime perpetrated against his father in 1950s colonial Kenya. With its widespread use of torture, internment, and executions it would be easy to characterize the Mau Mau Emergency as Britain's own little War on Terror, but the truth is far more complex. Set against the backdrop of the deep divisions and institutionalized corruption in present day Kenya, The Final Charge explores important questions about who gets to decide who is condemned as a terrorist and whom lauded as a freedom fighter, where responsibility lies for past wrongs, and themes more relevant today than ever.