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Jomo Kenyatta

c. 1894 – 1978

East Africa (Kenya)

Kenya's first prime minister (1963) and president (1964-78), jailed by Britain over alleged Mau Mau leadership. Admirers see a founding father; critics cite one-party rule, repression of opponents, corruption and silencing of Mau Mau memory.

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President Jomo Kenyatta with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who holds a shield and sword, Nairobi, 1976
Credit: Mani Sondagar, U.S. Information Service; Library of Congress. License: Public domain (U.S. government work, USIS; LOC: no known restrictions).

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  1. BlackPast.org, "Kenyatta, Jomo (c. 1894-1978)" (Reference)
  2. HISTORY.com Editors, "Kenyatta freed" (This Day in History) (Reference)
  3. Lotte Hughes, "'Truth be Told': some problems with historical revisionism in Kenya", African Studies 70:2 (2011), Open Research Online (Scholarly)

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