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Jomo Kenyatta
African statesman and nationalist Jomo Kenyatta was the first prime minister (1963–64) and then the first president (1964–78) of independent Kenya.
Jomo Kenyatta studied anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science in England. He pursued these studies under the supervision of the renowned anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski. His work during this time resulted in the 1938 publication of his thesis, Facing Mount Kenya, which provided an insightful study of the traditional life of the Kikuyu people.12