Dedan Kimathi was born on 31 October 1920 in Nyeri District, Kenya. He became a leading figure in the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule, helping to build formal military structures within the Kenya Land and Freedom Army and convening a war council in 1953. British forces captured him on 21 October 1956 and he was hanged at Kamiti prison on 18 February 1957. A statue in his honour stands on Kimathi Street in Nairobi.

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