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The Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, was a Kenyan Independence Movement which fought against British colonial rule in Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion from 1952 to 1960.
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]
- 1952-1960
- British victoryRebellion suppressed
- British Kenya
The inside story of the struggles of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army, referred to by British colonialism as the ‘Mau Mau rebellion’, is little known today.
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The Mau Mau, also known as the Kenya Land and Freedom Army, were primarily Kikuyu people. During the colonial administration's crackdown, over 11,000 freedom fighters had been killed, along with 100 British troops and 2,000 Kenyan loyalist soldiers.
Mar 26, 2019 · The Mau Mau was a movement of freedom fighters, also known as the Kenya Land and Freedom Army, who fought against the British Colonial Government in Kenya. Although the organisation was multi-ethnic, the members were mainly drawn from the Kikuyu.
The Kenya Land and Freedom Army emerged from a belief that only armed resistance could get people back their wiyathi (self-rule) and ithaka (land) as they became increasingly disillusioned with the conservative change driven by organisations like the KAU (Kenya African Union).
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Jul 26, 2017 · The Mau Mau war exploded in the British colony of Kenya during the 1950s. It pitted dreadlocked guerrilla fighters drawn from the Gikuyu ethnic group—Kenya’s largest, at 20 percent of the population, and sometimes rendered “Kikuyu”—against British security forces and their “loyalist” allies.
