Authors say ‘fathers of nation’ just myth, real heroes ignored

Yvonne Adhiambo Owour. (File)

The recent Macondo Literary Festival provided an opportunity where the history of Kenya's independence and post-independence heroes was faulted.

Writers at the event, whose theme was ‘Re-imagining history through fiction’, said true heroes have been shadowed by lies fabricated to make opportunists celebrated while those who toiled for independence are pushed into invisible space.