CULTURETECHLENSJomo Kenyatta
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Jomo Kenyatta (born Kamau wa Ngengi) studied at LSE and wrote Facing Mount Kenya; he returned to Kenya in 1946 and led KANU; after KANU won the May 1963 election he became the country's first democratically elected head of state during the independence negotiated in 1960-1963.
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Jomo Kenyatta (born Kamau wa Ngengi) studied at LSE and wrote Facing Mount Kenya; he returned to Kenya in 1946 and led KANU; after KANU won the May 1963 election he became the country's first democratically elected head of state during the independence negotiated in 1960-1963.
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- Role(s): political leader
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- http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/75119/1/Africa%20at%20LSE%20%E2%80%93%20Once%20upon%20a%20time%20.%20.%20.pdf (verification source · master store)
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Jomo Kenyatta (born Kamau wa Ngengi) studied at LSE and wrote Facing Mount Kenya; he returned to Kenya in 1946 and led KANU; after KANU won the May 1963 election he became the country's first democratically elected head of state during the independence negotiated in 1960-1963.
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