Out of a Storm: Njenga's Journey

Developed with memoirist John Mwazemba, Out of a Storm: Echoes of Freedom tells the story

of Jason Njenga—a man born as gunshots cracked through the Mau Mau uprising. His father,

detained for defiance. His childhood, shaped by hardship in a fortified colonial village built by

bare hands and broken spirits under the Swynnerton Plan. Njenga’s soul carries the weight of mutilated

villagers, trembling earth, and blood-soaked forests. But from the ashes,

he rises—tenacious, brilliant. From Ruburi Primary to Thika High, and onward to the

University of Nairobi, his journey gleams with grit and ambition. This is more than one man’s story.

It’s a sweeping portrait of Kenya’s colonial wounds, the will to survive, and the fire to