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Thomas Joseph Mboya
Thomas Joseph Mboya , 1930-69, Kenyan political leader. The son of a Luo farmer, he was born in the "white highlands" of Kenya and educated at Roman Catholic mission schools. Early involved in trade union activities, he joined Jomo Kenyatta's Kenya African Union and soon became one of its leader... Read more
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Kenya , officially Republic of Kenya, republic (2005 est. pop. 33,830,000), 224,960 sq mi (582,646 sq km), E Africa. Kenya is bordered by Somalia on the east, the Indian Ocean on the southeast, Tanzania on the south, Lake Victoria (Victoria Nyanza) on the southwest, Uganda on the west, Sudan on the ... Read more

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Thomas Joseph Mboya
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Thomas Joseph Mboya The Kenyan political leader Thomas Joseph Mboya (1930-1969) was one of the principal leaders of Kenya...one of the great East Africans of the 20th century. Tom Mboya was born about Aug. 15, 1930, at Kilima Mbogu, near...
Mboya, Thomas Joseph
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Mboya, Thomas Joseph (1930–69) Kenyan political leader. Mboya rejected Kenya's 1954 constitution and campaigned...established the African National Union (KANU), Mboya became general secretary. He served as minister for...
Jonas Malheiros Savimbi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...came through his participation in the struggle for independence itself. Savimbi credited the Kenyan nationalist leader Tom Mboya, whom he met at a students' conference in 1961, with persuading him to enter politics full-time. He joined a liberation...

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Mboya, Thomas Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Mboya, Thomas Joseph (b. 15 Aug. 1930, d. 5 July 1969). Kenyan politician Born of the Luo people on a sisal plantation at Kilima...
Mboya, Tom
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Mboya, Tom (1926–69) Kenyan political leader. In 1960, as leader of the Kenya Independence Movement, he attended a...

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Mboya a true leader.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 2/1/2009; ; 674 words ; ...the runway for New Leadership sophomore Miriam Mboya. So it didn't come as a shock to Mboya when she came away with a pair of victories and...Award at yesterday's Coaches Invitational. Mboya blew out of the blocks in the 55-meter dash...
Mboya's effort is outstanding She goes distance, wins two events
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/1/2009; ; 587 words ; ...Springfield to the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury, but for Miriam Mboya, it was a worthwhile journey. The New Leadership Charter School...just give back to him by being dedicated to the sport," said Mboya, who set personal bests in the events she won. The most outstanding...
A drum boy in Africa
Magazine article from: New African; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...haziest idea of what my job would be. Mboya Young Man of New Africa I arrived in Nairobi...boy. I think it's somewhere where Tom Mboya of the labour federation has his office...of the brilliant, young politician Tom Mboya, lionised by the Western press but still...
Obama Overstates Kennedys' Role in Helping His Father
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/30/2008; 700+ words ; ...with a Kenyan nationalist leader named Tom Mboya, who traveled to the United States in...efforts to educate a new African elite. Mboya did not approach the Kennedys for financial...Obama Sr. was already studying in Hawaii. Mboya, a charismatic politician, was assassinated...
Hoover Institution Library and Archives Opens Papers of William Scheinman.
Magazine article from: Entertainment Close-up; 1/30/2010; 551 words ; ...correspondent with Kenyan independence leader Tom Mboya. According to the Hoover Institute, the...rich correspondence between Scheinman and Mboya, which contains hundreds of letters, beginning in 1957 and ending only with Mboya's untimely death from an assassin's...
Guilty of manslaughter and arson.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Post (Luton, England); 7/27/2007; 409 words ; ...endanger life. The trial of Tom Misso Mboya , which began on Monday, July 9, at Oxford...the guilty verdict. The jury heard how Mboya was charged on September 22, 2006 with...the address in Cedar Close Luton, which Mboya shared with Fatuma. Fatuma was found dead...
A father's charm, absence ; Friends recall Barack Obama Sr. as a self-confident, complex dreamer whose promising life ended in tragedy
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/21/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...when he ran into his friend and mentor Tom Mboya, one of Kenya's most charismatic political...then the two men parted. Minutes later, Mboya was shot twice and died in a pool of blood...probably enraged those responsible for Mboya's assassination. Obama, according to...
Hoover Institution Library and Archives Announce the Opening of the Papers of William X. Scheinman.
Business Wire; 1/26/2010; 674 words ; ...correspondent with Kenyan independence leader Tom Mboya. The highlight of the collection is the rich correspondence between Scheinman and Mboya, which contains hundreds of letters, beginning in 1957 and ending only with Mboya's untimely death from an assassin's...
HOOVER INSTITUTION LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES ANNOUNCE OPENING OF PAPERS OF WILLIAM X. SCHEINMAN.
News Wire article from: States News Service; 1/26/2010; 645 words ; ...correspondent with Kenyan independence leader Tom Mboya. The highlight of the collection is the rich correspondence between Scheinman and Mboya, which contains hundreds of letters, beginning in 1957 and ending only with Mboya's untimely death from an assassin's...
Isidingo star challenges Aids stigma.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa); 5/18/2007; 541 words ; ...Staff Reporter Petite Isidingo star Hlubi Mboya, 29, who plays HIV-positive Nandipha...involved in HIV/Aids awareness programmes. Mboya was speaking yesterday at a University...to challenge the stigma of HIV/Aids. Mboya, a former politics and labour law student...