Kikuyu Tribe Fears and Reveres Kenyatta

Kikuyu Tribe Fears and Reveres Kenyatta

Photograph

Marc Riboud

Maker
French, 1923–2016

Kikuyu Tribe Fears and Reveres Kenyatta

Kenyatta - A Legend


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (16.2 × 23.5 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0062
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Kenyatta) 9/61 21) KIKUYU TRIBE FEARS AND REVERES KENYATTA. Clad in their \ ritual dress, Kikuyu tribesmen of Kenya render homage to Jomo \ Kenyatta, long a champion of their rights, at his first political \ rally in Nairobi since his imprisonment eight years ago for managing \ terrorist activities of the Mau Mau. \ Credit: Marc Riboud © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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