Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi was captured by 2 Gikuyu policemen on 21 Oct 1956. A lot of still photos were taken that day, but I'd not known that there was cinema film, too. Here's an @AP clip.
The clip shows that Kimathi--shot in the leg, possibly in shock--was laid out 1/4
The clip shows that Kimathi--shot in the leg, possibly in shock--was laid out 1/4
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and put on display for the cameras. The pictures were printed around the world.
A few years ago @Drjuliemac found the transcript for the trial that ensued. Among the evidence introduced to the court was a 1954 letter from Kimathi's 'Kenya Parliament' to the Kenya govt.
and put on display for the cameras. The pictures were printed around the world.
A few years ago @Drjuliemac found the transcript for the trial that ensued. Among the evidence introduced to the court was a 1954 letter from Kimathi's 'Kenya Parliament' to the Kenya govt.
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The letter is full of proverbs calling for an honourable end to war. 'Truth and fairness is not a product of the gun. Justice breaks a tied bow, as a snake's line is severed by anything that intersects it'. 'He who chases tires equally as he who is chased', wrote Kimathi.
The letter is full of proverbs calling for an honourable end to war. 'Truth and fairness is not a product of the gun. Justice breaks a tied bow, as a snake's line is severed by anything that intersects it'. 'He who chases tires equally as he who is chased', wrote Kimathi.
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The trial transcript & letters from Kimathi were published last year, with essays from @NgugiWaThiongo_ @WMutunga John Lonsdale and others. @Kariuki_Joseph & I annotated the Gikuyu texts.
It's a great book with which to teach and learn.
ohioswallow.com/book/Dedan+Kim…
The trial transcript & letters from Kimathi were published last year, with essays from @NgugiWaThiongo_ @WMutunga John Lonsdale and others. @Kariuki_Joseph & I annotated the Gikuyu texts.
It's a great book with which to teach and learn.
ohioswallow.com/book/Dedan+Kim…
Some have asked for more on Kimathi's '54 letter. Here he is on Christianity:
"In reading the history of Israel we also read the history of the Gikuyu. As there is but one God for all, there is but 1 just form of government...God always takes away the kingdom of the oppressor."
"In reading the history of Israel we also read the history of the Gikuyu. As there is but one God for all, there is but 1 just form of government...God always takes away the kingdom of the oppressor."
