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Mboya

American  
[uhm-boi-uh] / əmˈbɔɪ ə /

noun

  1. Tom Thomas Joseph Mboya, 1930–69, African political leader in Kenya.


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In addition to those sons, Mr. Marsalis is survived by two nonmusician sons, Mboya and Ellis III; a sister, Yvette; and 13 grandchildren.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2020

Arwa Mboya, 25, a second-year graduate student at the Media Lab wrote a guest column in MIT’s student newspaper, the Tech, last Thursday, calling on Ito to resign.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2019

The Kenyan trade unionist turned politician Tom Mboya, who studied at Ruskin College, Oxford, wanted members of his country's government to be adequately prepared for a post-colonial Kenya.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2015

Soon-to-be-published data shows that Your Moment of Truth has a profound effect on how the boys view girls and women, according to Benjamin Mboya, NMNW’s Research Coordinator.

From Newsweek • Aug. 27, 2013

All of the 250 students come from Kenya and other British areas in East Africa, and had been largely rounded up by Kenya Labor Leader Tom Mboya.

From Time Magazine Archive

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