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Throughout the twenitieth century, many individuals have made
importaint contributions to their nations or to thier region.Three that i will
be talking about are Jomo Kenyatta, Yassir Arafat, and Yizhak Rabin. due
to what these Three have done what whould be of there nations or
regions. Jomo Kenyatta was the first president of Kenya. He was
devoted nationalist who was a staunch protector of Western political and
economic interests in Kenya. Kenyatta was widely regarded as a
stabilizing force in Kenya.Kenyatta was born probably on October 20,
1891, at Ichaweri in British East Africa (now Kenya). A member of the
Kikuyu tribe, he was named Kamau wa Ngengi. Educated at the Church
of Scotland Mission at Kikuyu and baptized a Christian, he worked as a
government clerk in Nairobi. Where in 1922 he joined a political protest
movement. By 1928, as secretary of the Kikuyu Central Association, he
was chief advocate for Kikuyu land rights. From 1931 to 1946 he worked
and studied in Western Europe and Moscow. While in London, Kenyatta
studied under the British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski and wrote
his influential book Facing Mount Kenya (1938). On returning to
Africa, Kenyatta was elected president of the new Kenya African Union
(later, Kenya African National Union, or KANU). In 1952 he was charged
with leading the Mau Mau Rebellion against the British, and, despite his
denials, he was sentenced to seven years in prison and two years in
exile. Released in 1961, he assumed the presidency of KANU. In 1963,
when Kenya gained independence, Kenyatta became prime minister. He
was elected president of the new Republic of Kenya in 1964 and held that
post until his death in Mombasa on August 22, 1978. Yassir Arafat is
a Palestinian commando leader and politician. Hes the head of head of
the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Born in Jerusalem he fled
after the establishment of Israel in 1948 later studied engineering in
CairoRabin, Yitzhak (1922- ), Israeli political leader. Born in Jerusalem
and educated in an agricultural school, Rabin fought with Palmach, a
Jewish commando unit, against British authorities in Palestine. Jailed by