Wairimu Gathimba

Wairimu Gathimba is a writer and researcher within Kenya’s social justice movement. She is a member of Ukombozi Library and it’s offshoot the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network.

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Regimes and Resistance: Kenyan Resistance History Through Underground and Alternative Publications

Presented by

Njoki Wamai Wairimu Gathimba Kimani Waweru

15 November 2025

PALIAct Ukombozi, a Library of Revolutionary Histories. When Kenya attained its independence in 1963 from the British occupation, parliament passed an act to enable the creation of the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS). KNLS was established and mandated, among other functions, to provide library service to the public. However, the attainment of self-rule did not […]

Series: Radical History Review