
Image Number:
APN757312
APN757312
Description: Tom Mboya's cortège reaches Rusinga Island, marking the final leg of his journey home. Thousands of mourners gathered to pay their respects to the fallen statesman, whose assassination shook the nation. The solemn procession winds through the island, a poignant tribute to Mboya's lasting legacy in Kenya's history. Sublocation: Rusinga Island Country: Kenya Date Created: 10-07-1969 Creator: Camerapix Photographer Credit Notice: Camerapix / african.pictures Pixel Dimensions X: 5000 Pixel Dimensions Y: 3685 Keywords:- Tom Mboya
- Mboya
- Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya
- Kenyan trade unionist
- trade unionist
- educator
- Pan-Africanist
- author
- independence activist
- activist
- statesman
- political
- politics
- assassinated
- burial
- funeral
- mourning
- mourners
- sorrow
- grief
- crowd
- cortège
- funeral procession
- military
- soldiers
- Rusinga Island
- Lake Victoria
- Kenya
- 1960s
- 10 July 1969