TO THE AFRICAN, WHITE PEOPLE WERE A MYSTERY - DR WANJIRU KAMAU

Retired psychologist, former Dean of Students at the University of Nairobi, former Senior Diversity Officer at Penn State University, and former Chair of Nairobi Professional Women Association, Dr. Wanjiru Kamau, discusses the impact of the encounter between Europeans and Africans and the rise of Mau Mau. She comments on the psychological impacts of colonialism and explains how Europeans took advantage of African ubuntu and generosity to colonise. She also discusses the education of the African, the psychological aspects of the Mau Mau oaths, traditional moral and belief systems, aspects of traditional medicine, the trauma of Mau Mau war, and other topics. Dr. Kamau is also the founder of the African Immigrants and Refugees Foundation, which is based in Maryland, USA. Currently, she is a member of the Panel of Eminent Persons for the County Peer Review Mechanism of the NEPAD's Africa Peer Review Mechanism.