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Should Kenya's Africans go along with the new constitution giving them a majority in the legislature, subject to the British governor's veto? No, said Kenyatta, Kenya Africans should have nothing less than uhuru (freedom). When? "Today!" shot back Burning Spear, his eyes blazing...
...opponents cannily ran a prominent Kikuyu doctor against him in his Nairobi district, where Kikuyus made up the bulk of the voters. It was no contest. Mboya won, 31,407 to 2,668. Young (30), victorious Tom was hoisted to the shoulders of the mob, as 6,000 shrieked "Uhuru!" (freedom...
...silence. "My brothers," he cried, "today is a great day for Kenya. When we left for London, the government was in the hands of the Europeans. Now it is we who can open or close the door. Kenya has become an African country!" With one voice, the crowd roared "Uhuru!" (Swahili for freedom...
...toward the African locations. Alarmed, the police read the Riot Act through a loudspeaker, hurled tear-gas bombs, and advanced in a baton charge, finally dispersing the crowd in a hail of stones. But all that night in the dark streets of the African sections, the familiar cry echoed: "Uhuru...
...December agreed to "responsible" government with an African legislative majority in Tanganyika for a four-year transition period, after which the Africans will almost certainly take over entirely. "Now," says Nyerere, slated to be the first Prime Minister, "our task really begins. We have changed our cry from 'Uhuru' to 'Uhnru Na Kazi'-freedom and work...