6 iconic speeches of African independence leaders caught on video

President Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya

Jomo Kenyatta was a leader in the Kenyan independence movement, a strong supporter of a Kenyan government controlled by native Africans, and the nation’s first prime minister as well as its first president. For Kenya, he was Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and Paul Revere all rolled into one. To many Kenyans, he was Kenya.

His son, Uhuru Kenyatta, who he mentored later in his life, is the country’s current president.

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