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...desert outpost of Kapenguria,the Queen's lawyers proceeded in slow, judicial fashion against Jomo ("Burning Spear") Kenyatta, the London-educated Kikuyu who, settlers believe, is the brains behind the Mau Mau. Meanwhile, another tribesman had emerged as leader of the Mau Mau guerrillas. Dedam Kimathi, 30, is a stocky Kikuyu with a ragged black beard, a scar on his left cheek, and the middle finger missing from his huge left hand. He was once a clerk for Kenya's Shell Oil Co.; before that, he taught school. Last month a terrified African schoolboy, hiding in the rhino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: Frontier War | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

Kenya's white settlers blame Kimathi for the recent murder of Planter Roger Ruck, his wife and six-year-old son, hacked to pieces as they strolled in their garden in their pajamas. One white policeman, a friend of the Rucks, is flushing the jungle alone, determined to get Kimathi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: Frontier War | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

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