As the colonial forces were preparing to leave Kenya, in the days leading up to its independence from Britain in 1963, they were given one last order. Before they left, they took with them crates upon ...
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 ...
NAIROBI, KENYA: The Swahili people have a saying that when things are nasty, a log can serve as a raft to enable one navigate turbulent waters but once the mission is accomplished, it’s later hewn ...
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Mau Mau fighters in a detention camp. [File, Standard] In December 1964, a year after the ...
Across the East African nation of Kenya, whispers of a painful past still echo. For the dwindling band of Mau Mau freedom fighters, the scars of British colonial rule are not distant memories but ...
On the high seas of Mill Basin off the coast of Brooklyn there is an island by the name of Mau Mau. With a name like that, it is no wonder that a naval battle was held for the honor of this landmass’ ...
A statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, who was killed in 1957. K. Gituma/Wikimedia For 40 years, successive Kenyan governments turned their back on the Mau Mau. The armed movement sprang up in the ...
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