Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story Of Britain... Instant

While official figures cited 11,503 deaths, Elkins estimates that tens of thousands—and possibly up to 300,000—Kikuyu are "unaccounted for".

Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya (2005) by Caroline Elkins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical investigation. It exposes the systematic violence used by the British colonial government to suppress the Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya. Key Findings Imperial reckoning: the untold story of Britain...

She reveals a coordinated effort by British officials to destroy official records before Kenya gained independence. While official figures cited 11,503 deaths, Elkins estimates