Thread by @Unseen_Archive

Labor unionist & politician Tom Mboya was assassinated outside a chemist's shop in Nairobi on 5 July 1969.

Here's a short thread with some newly-digitised @AP footage. First: the scene at Chaani's Pharmacy & at Nairobi Hospital on that dreadful day.

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Here's the Nation's report describing the scene at the mortuary and at Mboya's Lavington residence, where thousands of people gathered to mourn.

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Mboya's requiem was said at Holy Family cathedral on 8 July. There were thousands of people assembled. When Kenyatta's motorcade arrived the presidential car was pelted with stones & shoes.

There was so much teargas that Kenyatta himself was in tears. 80 people were injured.

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Kenyatta leaving the cathedral following Mboya's requiem mass.

The shoes shown on the pavement in the last scene were thrown at Kenyatta at the time of his arrival.

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Mboya's body was taken to western Kenya for burial.

Here's the scene on 9 July, when the funeral cortege passed through the restive city of Kisumu. The hearse did not stop, & the mayor had to hastily throw his wreath on the passing car.

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And here is the scene on Rusinga Island, 11 July 1969, when Tom Mboya was laid to rest.

All of these remarkable clips come from @AP.