own struggle against injustice. It was only 15 years later in 2005, during his second visit to Kenya, that Mandela finally managed to meet Mukami as well as two of Kimathi's children. Mandela's respect for Kimathi by the early 1960s is also alluded to in My Moment with a Legend by Ronnie Kasrils, the former intelligence chief of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) and defence minister in Mandela's government. Places named after Kimathi Dedan Kimathi University of Technology Dedan Kimathi Stadium, Nyeri, Kenya (formerly known as Kamukunji Grounds) Kimathi Street, Nairobi, Kenya – One of the main roads in Nairobi's Central Business District and where there is a statue in his honor Dedan Kimathi Road, Lusaka, Zambia - Situated on this road is the Intercity Bus Terminus and ZCAS University. Kimathi Avenue, Kampala, Uganda Dedan Kimathi Road, Mombasa, Kenya Kimathi Road, Nyeri Town, Kenya Kimathi Road, Nanyuki Town, Kenya Dedan Kimathi Street, Embalenhle, Mpumalanga, South Africa Dedan Kimathi Memorial High School, Nyeri, Kenya Kimathi Crescent, Isamilo, Mwanza, Tanzania Popular culture and further reading The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (play) – Micere Mugo and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Karimi, Joseph (2013). Dedan Kimathi: The Whole Story. Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. Mukami Kimathi (2017). Mau Mau Freedom Fighter. Mdahalo Bridging Divides Limited. Kahiga, Samuel (1990). Dedan Kimathi: The Real Story. Maina wa Kinyatti. Kenya's Freedom Struggle: The Dedan Kimathi Papers. Jabali Afrika (2011). Dedan Kimathi (song) References External links Daily Nation: Villagers' fond memories of Mau Mau hero Kimathi Kenya Times: Did Kimathi die in vain? Dedan Kimathi's background (article in the middle of the page) A brief discussion of the uprising Report from Kenya 1920 births 1957 deaths 20th-century executions by the United Kingdom British colonial army soldiers Executed Kenyan people Executed revolutionaries Kenyan rebels Kikuyu people People executed by British Kenya by hanging People from Nyeri County People of the Mau Mau Uprising