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Kenya: Mau Mau, Detainees, Kenyatta, and the Prison System, 1952-1961

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MSS. Afr. s. 1681/286
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Contains:

  1. folder 1 (fols. 1-41) Colin Legum's article on the Kikuyu and Mau Mau, with related correspondence, 1952-1953
  2. folder 2 (fols. 1-41) statements on Mau Mau, 1952-1954
  3. folder 3 (fols. 1-60) arrests, detentions, the conditions of detainees, correspondence, notes, and memoranda, 1952-1959
  4. folder 4 (fols. 1-16) arrest, trial, and release of Jomo Kenyatta, statements, memoranda, and correspondence, 1952-1961
  5. folder 5 (fols. 1-100) statements by Eileen Fletcher about the prison service and treatment of prisoners and related correspondence, 1956
  6. folder 6 (fols. 1-6) the case of Captain Law and the prison service, statement and correspondence, 1958-1959
  7. folder 7 (fols. 1-6) comments on the Corfield Report and correspondence, 1960.

Dates

  • Creation: 1952-1961

Extent

7 folders

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1681/286

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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Weston Library
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