Haiti and Kenya independence · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Harry Thuku protest shooting (1922)
On the Haiti and Kenya independence map as “The Thuku shooting”
16 Mar 1922 — Police and settlers fire on a crowd demanding the release of Harry Thuku outside Nairobi’s police lines; the official count is 21 dead. Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru, who led the women, was among them.
- When
- Type
- Site of memory
- Chapter
- White Highlands of colonial Kenya (chapter 7 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
- Atlas
- Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
Chapter 7 is part of membership. WW2 is free — every chapter. Try chapters 1–2 of any 2 other atlases (3 with a free account). Opening a new atlas uses one of them. Membership opens all 21 — Join.
Free printable Haiti and Kenya independence study guide, sent by email ↓
In the same chapter
Related
THE FREE PRINTABLE STUDY GUIDE
Join the Dispatch — a short welcome series, then a letter when a new atlas opens — and the printable study guide for Two Roads to Independence is yours now, free.
NO TRACKING · YOUR ADDRESS IS USED FOR THE DISPATCH AND NOTHING ELSE · UNSUBSCRIBE ANYTIME