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Which independence leader was imprisoned by British colonial authorities as a suspected Mau Mau terrorist before becoming his nation's first president?
Answer
Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta was arrested in 1952 and convicted of managing the Mau Mau movement despite denying involvement; he was released in 1961 and became Kenya's first president in 1964.
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Kenya's independence leader Jomo Kenyatta was imprisoned by the British as a suspected terrorist before becoming the nation's first president upon release.
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- Kwame Nkrumah
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Nelson Mandela
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- kenya
- independence
- colonialism
- africa
- 20th-century
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