Kenyatta, Jomo
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- Summary
- Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and a conservative, he led the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party from 1961 until his death. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1891 [2]
- 1893-10-20 [5]
- Birth Place
- Ngenda (Kenya) [3]
- Gatundu [5]
- Died
- 1978 [2]
- 1978-08-22 [5]
- Death Place
- Mombasa (Kenya) [3]
- Mombasa [5]
- Country
- Kenya [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- journalist [5]
- politician [5]
- Educated at
- University College London [5]
- London School of Economics and Political Science [5]
- International People's College [5]
- Country of Education
- United Kingdom [5]
- Denmark [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Notable Names Database
- Profile [5]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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