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Uhuru

by Robert Ruark · 1962

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Uhuru means freedom, the word so frequently abused in Africa. This is a true story of the politics and struggle in Kenya and the African continent, following the book, Something of value.

Genre
historical fiction
Setting
20th centuryAfrica
Audience
adult

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