Dr. Kanyingi Benson is a historian, an SSRC 2022 Next Generation Dissertation Completion Fellow, and CODESRIA laureate. He is a lecturer in the Department of Humanities at the University of Embu, Kenya. He holds a Ph.D. in History from Karatina University, specializing in land, memory, and marginalization in the history of Kenya’s decolonization. His major publications include Interpreting Embu-Mbeere Politics through the Lens of Sibling Rivalry (1906–2021) and several works on Mau Mau historiography, colonial development, and indigenous knowledge systems. Dr. Benson is an executive member of the Peace and Development Researchers Association (PADRA) and a member of the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA). https://humanities.embuni.ac.ke/index.php/faculty/9-profile/90-dr-benson-waiganjo-kanyingi