John A. Rowe
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Associate Professor of African History, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
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Jomo Kenyatta was an African statesman and nationalist, the first prime minister (1963–64) and then the first president (1964–78) of independent Kenya. Kenyatta was born as Kamau, son of Ngengi, at Ichaweri, southwest of Mount Kenya in the East African highlands. His father was a leader of a small…
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