Level | Item |
Ref No | CSA/1/1/10 |
Title | Eville Kenya Uganda Sept 60 |
Date | September 1960 |
Extent | 1 notebook and 1 pdf |
Creator Name | Sanger; Clyde (1928-2022); journalist |
Description | Notebook, written mostly in shorthand, containing notes on: discussions on Kenyan independence; UN troops, Katanga and the Republic of the Congo; the King's African Rifles (KAR) in East Africa; and Buganda, Uganda.
Names featured include: [Patrice] Lumumba, [Moïse] Tshombe, [Joseph] Kiwele, [Joseph] Kasa-Vubu, [Ian] Berendsen, [Joseph] Iléo, Michael Wood, [Munyua] Waiyaki, [Michael] Blundell, Masinde Muliro, [Fitz] de Souza, [McAllen] and TM [Tom Mboya].
The notebook also contains newspaper cutting '63,000 register as voters for Nairobi seats' (not digitised).
Transcribed in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archives' Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook. |
Access Status | Open |
Format | Electronic record |
Manuscript |
Copyright | Clyde Sanger |
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Code | Set |
NA105 | Kenya/Africa |
NA186 | Uganda/Africa |
NA41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo/Africa |