• Figure 8. Hassan Wani (center), president of the Union of Kenyan Students in the GDR, giving a speech at “Kenya Day,” an event held in solidarity with Jomo Kenyatta and others who were then imprisoned by the British. Wani had undergone a long, circuitous journey to reach the GDR. Among those in attendance was future Ugandan president Miltion Obote (far left). Zentralbild Schaar Koch, October 21, 1960 (Bundesarchiv).

Hassan Wani

From African Students in East Germany, 1949-1975 by Sara Pugach

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