Unyielding Hope: The Life and Times of Koitaleel Somoei

"A great book, accessible to all levels of readers". Dr Kipkoeech araap Sambu For more than ten years, from 1895-1905, the British conquest of Kenya was stalled by a guerrilla campaign masterminded by Koitaleel Somoei, supreme leader of the Nandi people. The British were able to lay to rest the threat he posed only by inviting him to a peace conference and shooting him. "Unyielding Hope" tells the story of Koitaleel and his people's freedom struggle