Haiti and Kenya independence · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Hola massacre (1959)
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3 Mar 1959 — Eleven detainees are beaten to death by guards for refusing forced labour; dozens more are badly injured. The cover-up fails, and the killings shake the British Parliament. Remember them.
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- Mau Mau uprising and the Emergency (chapter 9 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
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- Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
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