# Harry Thuku

> Harry Thuku was a Kenyan born in Kiambu, Mìtahato village. As a politician, he was one of the pioneers in the development of modern African nationalism in Kenya. He helped found the Young Kikuyu Association and the East African Association before being arrested and exiled from 1922 to 1931. In 1932 he became President of the Kikuyu Central Association, in 1935 founded the Kikuyu Provincial Association, and in 1944 founded the Kenya African Study Union. Opposed to the Mau Mau movement, he later retired to coffee-farming.

*Kenyan politician (1895-1970)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1895
- **Died:** 1970
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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