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By the mid-1960s, the view of Mau Mau as simply irrational activists was being challenged by memoirs of former members and leaders that portrayed Mau Mau as an essential, if radical, component of African nationalism in Kenya and by academic studies that analysed the movement as a modern and nationalist response to the unfairness and oppression ...
The Mau was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule during the first half of the 20th century. [1] Mau means 'resolute' or 'resolved' in the sense of 'opinion', 'unwavering', 'to be decided', or 'testimony'; also denoting 'firm strength' in Samoan.
The Mau movement in American Samoa or American Samoa Mau (Samoan: O le Mau), was an anti-colonial movement [1] and an independence movement formed in American Sāmoa in the 1920s, which was suppressed by the United States. [2] Established in early 1920, it aimed to challenge the overreach of the U.S. Navy's authority. [3]
The Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, was a Kenyan insurgent group which fought against British colonial rule in Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion from 1952 to 1960. Its membership consisted largely of the Kikuyu people. The KLFA was led by Dedan Kimathi for most of its existence. After four years, British forces ...
Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (born Kimathi wa Waciuri; 31 October 1920 – 18 February 1957) was the leader of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army during the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) against the British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s.
The resulting rebels were labelled Mau Mau by the British forces, lending its name to the movement. It consisted of involvement from the Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru ethnic groups in Kenya. Entry to the movement was through an oath-taking ceremony. [4] The Mau Mau visit to the Kenya African Union (KAU) in 1948 marked the turn to violent rebellion ...
Operation Anvil was a British military operation during the Mau Mau Uprising where British troops attempted to remove suspected Mau Mau from Nairobi and place them in Langata Camp or reserves. The operation began on 24 April 1954 [ 2 ] and took two weeks, at the end of which 20,000 Mau Mau suspects had been taken to Langata, and 30,000 more had ...
In 1950, Itote swore the Mau Mau oath, and subsequently became responsible for oathing and was an executioner of traitors. [3] As the police began clamping down on Mau Mau activities in 1952, Itote moved to the forests of Mount Kenya with a band of followers to join the insurgency.