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Manyani detention camp (1954–59)

On the Haiti and Kenya independence map as “Manyani camp”

1954–59 — One of the great reception camps of the detention “pipeline”, filled with men screened in Nairobi and the reserves. Detainees were graded white, grey or black, and many were beaten to force confessions. Remember them.

When
Type
Site of memory
Chapter
Mau Mau uprising and the Emergency (chapter 9 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
Atlas
Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
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Map showing Manyani detention camp (1954–59), site of memory in Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
SITE OF MEMORY · TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: HAITI 1789–1838 AND KENYA 1895–1978

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