Throwback Thursday: Mzee Jomo Kenyatta

Throwback Thursday: Mzee Jomo Kenyatta 

“When the Missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the Missionaries had the Bible. They taught how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible." Jomo Kenyatta. 

Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan politician and the first President of Kenya. Kenyatta was the leader of Kenya from independence in 1963 to his death in 1978, serving first as Prime Minister (1963–64) and then as President (1964–78). He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation.

Kenyatta was a well-educated intellectual who authored several books, and is remembered as a Pan-Africanist. He is also the father of Kenya's fourth and current President, Uhuru Kenyatta.

Jomo Kenyatta is remembered as one of the greatest African leaders till date.