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I hear Nairobi is ringed by military bases because the ‘wabeberu’ were frightened that Mau Mau braves would launch daring attacks on the capital city using homemade guns and Somali swords.
I also gather that in the good old days, ‘natives,’ as bloody Africans were called, were not allowed to venture out of ‘reserves’ and go wandering around the city ‘ovyo ovyo’. You needed to have proof of gainful employment, meaning you were a servant for some colonial master, whereupon you would be issued with a pass.
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