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What Was The Mau Mau Uprising? Britain invaded Eastern Africa in multiple stages in the last years of the nineteenth-century. They conquered many different peoples and destroyed traditional societies which had existed for centuries.
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The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt, or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, and the British authorities. [7] .
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August: Mau Mau Secret Society Rumored
Information was filtering in about secret meetings held in the forests outside Nairobi. A secret society called the Mau Mau was believed to have started in the previous year which required its members to take an oath to drive the White man from Kenya. Intelligence suggested that members of the Mau Mau were restricted at the time to the Kikuyu tribe, many of whom were arrested during burglaries in Nairobi's White suburbs.
August 24: Curfew Imposed
The Kenyan government imposed a curfew in three districts on the outskirts of Nairobi where gangs of arsonists, believed to be members of the Mau Mau, were setting fire to the homes of Africans who refused to take the oath.
October 7: Assassination
Senior Chief Waruhiu was assassinated, stabbed to death by a spear in broad daylight on a main road on the outskirts of Nairobi. He had recently spoken out against increasing Mau Mau aggression against colonial rule.
October 19: The British Send Troops
The British government announced that it would send troops to Kenya to help the fight against the Mau Mau.
January 18: Death Penalty for Administering Mau Mau Oath
Governor-general Sir Evelyn Baring imposed the death penalty for anyone who administers the Mau Mau oath. The oath would often be forced upon a Kikuyu tribesman at knife point, and his death was called for if he failed to kill a European farmer when ordered.
January 26: White Settlers Panic and Take Action
Panic spread through the Europeans in Kenya after the slaying of a White settler farmer and his family. Settler groups, displeased with the government's response to the increasing Mau Mau threat, created Commando Units to deal with it. Baring announced a new offensive under the command of Major-General William Hinde. Amongst those speaking out against the Mau Mau threat and the government's inaction was Elspeth Huxley, who compared Kenyatta to Hitler in a recent newspaper article (and would a...
April 1: British Troops Kill Mau Maus in Highlands
British troops kill 24 Mau Mau suspects and capture an additional 36 during deployments in the Kenyan highlands.
January 15: Mau Mau Leader Captured
General China, the second in command of the Mau Mau's military efforts, was wounded and captured by British troops.
March 9: More Mau Mau Leaders Captured
Two more Mau Mau leaders were secured: General Katanga was captured and General Tanganyika surrendered to British authority.
March: British Plan
The great British plan to end the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya was presented to the country's legislature. General China, captured in January, was to write to the other terrorist leaders and suggest that nothing further could be gained from the conflict and that they should surrender to British troops waiting in the Aberdare foothills.
January 18: Amnesty Offered
Baring offered an amnesty to Mau Mau activists if they would surrender. They would still face imprisonment but wouldn't suffer the death penalty for their crimes. European settlers were up in arms at the leniency of the offer.
April 21: Murders Continue
Unmoved by the Baring's amnesty offer, the Mau Mau killings continued with two English schoolboys killed.
June 10: Amnesty Withdrawn
Britain withdrew the offer of amnesty to the Mau Mau.
January 7: Death Toll
The official death toll for Mau Mau activists killed by British forces in Kenya since 1952 was said to be 10,173.
February 5: Activists Escape
Nine Mau Mau activists escaped from Mageta island prison camp in Lake Victoria.
July: British Opposition Attacks
The deaths of 11 Mau Mau activists held at Hola Camp in Kenya were cited as part of opposition attacks on the U.K. government over its role in Africa.
November 10: State of Emergency Ends
The state of emergency ended in Kenya.
January 18: Kenyan Constitutional Conference Boycotted
The Kenyan Constitutional Conference in London was boycotted by African nationalist leaders.
April 18: Kenyatta Released
In return for Kenyatta's release, African nationalist leaders agreed to take a role in Kenya's government.
December 12
Kenya became independent seven years after the collapse of the uprising.
Many argue that the Mau Mau uprising helped catalyze decolonization as it showed that colonial control could only be maintained through the use of extreme force. The moral and financial cost of colonization was a growing issue with British voters, and the Mau Mau revolt brought those issues to a head. However, the fighting between Kikuyu communitie...
The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 as a reaction to inequalities and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce crackdown on the rebels, resulting in many deaths.
Science. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. The Mau-Mau. views 3,350,994 updated. The Mau-Mau. It has been said that no one knows the real meaning of "Mau-Mau" other than a Kikuyu (also Gikuyu) tribesperson and that is because its name, like its origins, is shrouded in ancient African tribal mysteries and covered in blood.
Apr 28, 2016 · We follow the journey of Kenyans seeking justice for Britain’s role in the torture during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising. Filmed over three years, The Last Battle traces the story of a small group...
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