Kenya: Mau Mau, Detainees, Kenyatta, and the Prison System, 1952-1961
File
MSS. Afr. s. 1681/286
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- folder 1 (fols. 1-41) Colin Legum's article on the Kikuyu and Mau Mau, with related correspondence, 1952-1953
- folder 2 (fols. 1-41) statements on Mau Mau, 1952-1954
- folder 3 (fols. 1-60) arrests, detentions, the conditions of detainees, correspondence, notes, and memoranda, 1952-1959
- folder 4 (fols. 1-16) arrest, trial, and release of Jomo Kenyatta, statements, memoranda, and correspondence, 1952-1961
- folder 5 (fols. 1-100) statements by Eileen Fletcher about the prison service and treatment of prisoners and related correspondence, 1956
- folder 6 (fols. 1-6) the case of Captain Law and the prison service, statement and correspondence, 1958-1959
- 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
- From the Collection: Africa Bureau | 1952-1978 (Organisation)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
