Haiti and Kenya independence · TURNING POINT ·
Assassination of Chief Waruhiu (1952)
On the Haiti and Kenya independence map as “Senior Chief Waruhiu”
7 Oct 1952 — The government’s leading Kikuyu chief is shot dead in his car on the Kiambu road. Thirteen days later the governor declares a State of Emergency.
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- Origins of the Mau Mau uprising (chapter 8 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
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- Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
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