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Kimathi, Dedan, 1920-1957

LC control no.n 88643355
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Personal name headingKimathi, Dedan, 1920-1957
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Variant(s)Kĩmaathi wa Waciũri, 1920-1957
Kimathi wa Waciuri, 1920-1957
Waciũri, Kĩmaathi wa, 1920-1957
Waciuri, Kimathi wa, 1920-1957
Associated countryKenya
Birth date19201031
Death date19570218
Field of activityKenya--History--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960
AffiliationKenya African Union
Mau Mau
Found inKenya'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)