June 1975 - Freedom! Then Masinde Is Arrested Again
June 1975 - Freedom! Then Masinde Is Arrested Again - Masinde behind bars, yet again. What I wanted was to eliminate western civilisation, he told a court in 1962. Masinde was arrested on October 30, 1962, along with four of his supporters and charged with holding a public meeting at Namwela sublocation without a licence and behaving in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace. When he appeared in court Masinde told the magistrate that he wished the government to order his redetention because I am tired of police threats. Twice I have been treatened with guns. Therefore I prefer to be deported and detained. Most of the time since 1945 I was in prison. God sent me to the world to fight for my rights. I have never organised the Musambwa movement. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)
