KENYA: PRESIDENT KENYATTA UNVEILS"CAIRN OF PEACE" TO COMMEMORATE FIRST ALL-AFRICAN TRADE FAIR IN NAIROBI

Record ID: 350340

  • Title: KENYA: PRESIDENT KENYATTA UNVEILS"CAIRN OF PEACE" TO COMMEMORATE FIRST ALL-AFRICAN TRADE FAIR IN NAIROBI
  • Date: 1st March 1972
  • Summary: 1. LV President Kenyatta forward & raises national flag 0.06 2. CU Plaque on Cairn 0.10 3. LV Kenyatta walks to stone & looks at plaques to various countries 0.27 4. SV & CU Visitors looking at plaque (3 shots) 0.48 5. LV President leaves Cairn 0.58 6. LV Crowd around Cairn 1.04 Initials SGM/0150 SGM/0200 This film has n
  • Embargoed: 16th March 1972 12:00
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  • Location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Country: Kenya
  • Reuters ID: LVA4J47IMF7ANXRSQKDWEA0UZBCA
  • Story Text: In a ceremony in Nairobi on Tuesday(29 February) Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta unveiled a "Cairn of Peace" set with stone from some 36 African countries. The Cairn, in the Jamhuri Park Showgrounds, is to commemorate the first All-African Trade Fair which opened its doors February 23.

    The stones are set in a nine-ton rock brought from hills near Nairobi.

    The 12-day fair is organised by the 41-nation Organisation of African Unity to foster trade and contacts between African countries and to show the world the continent's potential for development.
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