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The Tories permitted, encouraged and committed even worse acts in Kenya in the Fifties under the guise of stamping out another 'terrorist' organisation, Mau Mau. Millions of Kikuyu tribespeople were treated with utmost barbarity with the blessing and connivance of Whitehall. ? It was good...

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Published inThe Observer (London)
Main Author Mikael Grut, EE May, Bill Kirkman, Diana Simmonds, Ronald Watts
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Guardian News & Media Limited 03.09.2006
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Cameron, David
Mandela, Nelson
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Summary:The Tories permitted, encouraged and committed even worse acts in Kenya in the Fifties under the guise of stamping out another 'terrorist' organisation, Mau Mau. Millions of Kikuyu tribespeople were treated with utmost barbarity with the blessing and connivance of Whitehall. ? It was good to see The Observer returning to its past interest in African issues with [David Cameron]'s criticism of [Margaret Thatcher]'s policies. I was inspired to visit Soweto and Sophiatown in South Africa in 1958 at the end of a short career in Nigeria, partly as a result of reading your correspondent, the late Colin Legum's reporting in your paper.
ISSN:0029-7712