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Travelling through history

History you can still walk to.

Research trips, mainly in Nyeri and Central Kenya, that turn a cave, a court, or a renamed town into a lesson.

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Kangubiri Girls High still holds a Mau Mau detention camp

Aguthi Works Camp sat on the ground where Kangubiri Girls High School stands in Tetu, Nyeri. The school name is a Gikuyu hearing of the English sentence officers used when a detainee was cleared for release: "you can go free".

Mugo Wa Njoroge

·October 4, 2026 · 12 min

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A walk through Nyeri that is not a city guide

Place names, stations, and the settler layer under the present streets.

Mugo Wa Njoroge·2 min·

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The next trip needs a reason

Excursions are research. Sponsorship is how the next site gets filmed.

Mugo Wa Njoroge·2 min·

CENTRAL KENYA

Central Kenya, one site at a time

Caves, graves, and courts as a route, not a highlight reel.

Mugo Wa Njoroge·2 min·

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What to do when you arrive

Look, name the layers, and do not let the most dramatic sentence outrun the evidence.

Mugo Wa Njoroge·2 min·

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