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Watch vintage video of American human rights activist Malcom X praising Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi and the Mau Mau movement

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Sixty three years ago, Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi was coldly executed at the Kamiti Maximum Prison in Nairobi after he was sentenced to death for the illegal possession of a firearm by Chief Justice Kenneth O’Connor. In October 1956, Kimathi was finally caught at Tetu town in Nyeri after years on the run. He

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Sixty three years ago, Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi was coldly executed at the Kamiti Maximum Prison in Nairobi after he was sentenced to death for the illegal possession of a firearm by Chief Justice Kenneth O’Connor. In October 1956, Kimathi was finally caught at Tetu town in Nyeri after years on the run. He

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