August 1966 - The Indescribable Hola Massacre - A detention

August 1966 - The Indescribable Hola Massacre - A detention camp for suspected Mau Mau. The wire fence and African Homeguard were features of the camps, which were a continuing source of controversy. One of the most notorious detention camps was at Hola in the Kenya Coast Province. Conditions there were appaling. In March 1959, police wardens killed at least 11 people and injured 22 in what became known as the Hola Massacre. Those held at Hola were regarded as incapable of living in normal human society and they were to live out their lives in detention. At Hola the people worked as if they were in hell-the typical assignment was to dig four cubic metres of earth whithin three hours or suffer a severe beating. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)

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