LC control no. | n 88643355 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Kimathi, Dedan, 1920-1957 |
Variant(s) | Kĩmaathi wa Waciũri, 1920-1957 Kimathi wa Waciuri, 1920-1957 Waciũri, Kĩmaathi wa, 1920-1957 Waciuri, Kimathi wa, 1920-1957 |
Associated country | Kenya |
Birth date | 19201031 |
Death date | 19570218 |
Field of activity | Kenya--History--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 |
Affiliation | Kenya African Union Mau Mau |
Found in | Kenya's freedom struggle, 1987, c1986: t.p. (Dedan Kimathi) foreword (Mau Mau leader) LC data base, 06-10-88 (hdg.: Kimathi, Dedan, 1920-1957) Durrani, S. Kĩmaathi, Mau Mau's ... 1986: p. 5 (Kĩmaathi wa Waciũri) Wikipedia, Aug. 28, 2014 (Dedan Kimathi; Dedan Kimathi Waciuri; born Kimathi wa Waciuri; b. Oct. 31, 1920, Thege village, Tetu division, Dyeri District; by 1950 had become secretary to the Kenya African Union (KAU); joined the Mau Mau in 1951; as branch secretary of the Forty Group, the militant wing of the defunct Kikuyu Central Association, he presided over oath-taking of the Mau Mau; arrested Oct. 21, 1956 in the Nyeri forest; executed by hanging at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison Feb. 18, 1957) |