Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 20 Oct 1952 Gov Baring of Kenya signed an order declaring a State of Emergency ...

#OtD 20 Oct 1952 Gov Baring of Kenya signed an order declaring a State of Emergency to crush the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonial rule. Next morning mass arrests of 180 people began, and mass killings, bombings and jailings followed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9324/state-of-emergency-in-kenya?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon