The Hola Massacre of 1959: How Anti-Colonial Detainees Were Beaten to Death in a British Detention Camp in Kenya
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On 3 March 1959, eleven Kenyan detainees were beaten to death at Hola detention camp in eastern Kenya by guards working under the British colonial administration. The men were among hundreds of Kenyans detained during the Mau Mau Emergency, Britain’s violent campaign against the anti-colonial uprising that began in 1952. Hola was used to hold […]
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