Among the things that fascinate me about this profound recollection is the rich language and acute, often vivid historical details, the author has penned down. It seems he has a fantastic memory as he writes about even the most prosaic things including how he lost his virginity after healing from circumcision. On the other hand, he has put down historical facts that many people are ignorant of like the imprisonment of Harry Thuku abroad, the influence of Marcus Garvey Nationalism in Kenya, the sending of Mbiyu wa Koinange and Achieng Oneko to England in 1951 to air out grievances of the colonial rule in Kenya, the sending of the Kenyan army to fight in the second World War, and the internal displacement of the Gikuyu, Meru and Embu people from the Rift Valley among other themes.