Historical figures in -6.37, 34.89
The atlas holds 4 people and 4 moments here, from 1954 to 1971. The most recorded lives are V. S. Naipaul, Jomo Kenyatta and Julius Nyerere. Across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1961
1 moment here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Julius Nyerere
in 1954
1 moment here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Milton Obote
in 1971
1 moment here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1966
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Moments
- 1954 Formation of TANU Julius Nyerere
- 1961 State visit to Tanganyika Jomo Kenyatta
- 1966 Journey to Tanzania with Paul Theroux V. S. Naipaul
- 1971 First exile in Tanzania Milton Obote