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Mau Mau heroine Field Marshal Muthoni Kirima shaves her 70-year-old dreadlocks

Field Marshal Muthoni Wa Kirima’s dreadlocks represented her connection to Kenya’s freedom and her rejection of colonisation. [Lydia Nyawira, Standard]

The dreadlocks dropped one by one as the sharp scissor made its way through her hair.

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