Kenya, A Mau Mau detainee sitting in the centre of a circle of men in a fenced compound is prompted to confess to having taken the Mau Mau oath. Original manuscript caption: De-oathing, 1953. 1995/076/1/1/15

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Government de-oathing ceremony

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