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Nine Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences, escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria.
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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). Nine Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences, escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073420
South African History Online (2012) 'Nine Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences, escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria.', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073420 (Accessed: 28 September 2026).
South African History Online, Nine Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences, escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073420, (accessed 28 September 2026).
"Nine Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences, escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria.." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073420. Accessed 28 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Nine Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences, escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria.." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073420.
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