A grave without a cross

P.M. Kareithi's background is not known.

A translation by Trevor Jaggar from the Kiswahili of the 1990 reprint of Kareithi's novel, with a translator's note and preface, 54 pages. In his note Jaggar explains that his purpose in translating Karethi's work was 'to enable British and other readers of English to learn something of what the Mau Mau War felt like to a Kikuyu striving for the independence of Kenya from British colonial rule'.

Presented by Mrs Trevor Jaggar, April 2001.

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, A grave without a cross, RCMS 185

'A grave without a cross' was published by Phoenix Publishers Ltd, Nairobi, in 1969. A second edition was published in 1989, and was reprinted in 1990.

MSS Addenda, vol. II. Indexed

This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.