Jomo Kenyatta

  • Jomo Kenyatta's Birth

    Jomo Kenyatta (born Kamau Ngeni) was born in Ichaweri British east africa to the kikuyu tribe in kenya
  • Jomo Kenyatta's education

    Kenyatta flew over to the UK to pressure further education. He goes to study in the London school of economics and also gets interested in politics. He also joins the pan African movement and works with African leaders to abolish colonial rule.
  • Facing Mount Kenya

    Jomo kenyatta publishes his first book 'Facing Mount Kenya' About the cultural life of a kikuyu
  • KAU

    Jomo co founds the Kenya Africa Union to seek rights for kenyans
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    prison

    Jomo is arrested for by the British for links with the mau mau up rising
  • Leader of the Kau

    Jomo is released from prison and is now the head of the Kau
  • Priminister

    Kenya gains independence from British colonial rule and Kenyatta is appointed as Priminister of kenya
  • President

    Kenya becomes a republic and Jomo kenyatta becomes the first president
  • Death

    jomo Kenyatta passes away