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 : Governor of Nyasaland Robert Perceval Armitage 1909 - 1990


Governor of Nyasaland Robert Perceval Armitage 1909 - 1990

June 14, 1955 - Salisbury, Nyasaland - Twenty six Africans were killed when police opened fire when rioting broke out in Nyasaland, after the Governor, Sir ROBERT ARMITAGE had declared a state of emergency. Twenty of them were killed at Nkata Bay when a mob tried to release prisoners arrested earlier. PICTURED: Robert Armitage at the airport

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