A layer of dense clay lay just below the surface, so he used 660,000 one-pound charges of dynamite to blast as many holes in the ground and planted a fig tree in nearly every hole. The entire ...

“I did as much as I could,” said he. “I told my people to let the Mau Mau disappear like the roots of the fig tree.” In the streets of Kitale, crowds cheered his every appearance, and ...