Powell's Hola massacre speech
1959 · Event
Powell denounces the beating to death of 11 Mau Mau detainees: 'We cannot say we will have African standards in Africa.'
On these timelines: United Kingdom (combined), British Empire, The Decolonisation of Africa, Master
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