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State of Emergency: The Full Story of Mau Mau

Book by Fred Majdalany; Houghton Mifflin, 1963

Subjects:

Mau Mau

Collections: History, Entire Library

...emphasize that the first aim of Mau Mau strategy was still to crush resistance...atavistic allegiance, in a general uprising against the Government and the Europeans...longer on the list of possibilities. Mau Mau had missed their chance, if ever...
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Mau Mau and the Kikuyu

Book by L. S. B. Leakey; Methuen, 1952

Subjects:

Kikuyu (African People), Mau Mau

Collections: History, Entire Library

...life of the Colony be resumed. Mau Mau is openly anti-White and also anti...intimidation, and, finally, a general uprising to bring this about. Had it been possible for the Mau Mau organization to remain really secret...
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The Challenge of Revolution: Contemporary Russia in Historical Perspective

Book by Vladimir Mau, Irina Starodubrovskaya; Oxford University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Revolutions--Russia (Federation), Russia (Federation)--Economic Policy--1991-, Russia (Federation)--Politics And Government--1991-

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...movements, seizures of power, uprisings, and riots (1970 : 4...Provisional Governments, see Mau (1993); the chapter on the...established Germany Communist uprising in Hamburg; Fascist putsch...Attempted Nazi coup China Communist uprising Long March begins 1936 Chile...
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Reluctant Rebels: Comparative Studies of Revolution and Underdevelopment

Book by John Walton; Columbia University Press, 1984

Subjects:

Economic Development--Political Aspects--Case Studies, Insurgency--Developing Countries--Case Studies, Peasant Uprisings--Developing Countries--Case Studies, Revolutions--Developing Countries--Case Studies

Collections: History, Entire Library

...role in the activities that came to be called Mau Mau. Although it is extreme to conclude that "the 40...mysterious oaths helped sustain interpretations of Mau Mau as an atavistic uprising. 67 These proper Englishmen had forgotten the important...
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African Settings in Contemporary American Novels

Book by Dave Kuhne; Greenwood, 1999

Subjects:

Africa--In Literature, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African Influences, Fiction, Setting (Literature)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...child who is about to be slaughtered along with his Mau Mau parents, Ruark symbolically suggests that it might be...560 . While the focus of Something of Value is the Mau Mau uprising and the Kenyan struggle for independence, Uhuru is about...

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The Kamba and Mau Mau: Ethnicity, Development, and Chiefship, 1952-1960*

Journal article by Myles Osborne; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 43, 2010

Subjects:

Ethnicity, Political representation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...During the following decade, Mau Mau was depicted as a psychotic episode...as a nationalist revolt, a Marxist uprising, and as a Kikuyu struggle against...difficulties that the contested memory of Mau Mau has produced for the national memory...
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Settin' the Woods on Fire: Rural Incendiarism as Protest

Journal article by Robert Kuhlken; The Geographical Review, Vol. 89, 1999

Subjects:

Agricultural policy--Political aspects, Agriculture and politics--International aspects, Arson--Political aspects, Peasant uprisings--Analysis, Pyromania--Political aspects

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...widespread. Frederick Gamst found that "such uprisings of peasants often stem from increased...that found ultimate expression in the Mau Mau rebellion (Kanogo 1987,140...the Philippines was the scene of peasant uprisings, as tenant farmers sought greater tenure...
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Safari in the Age of Kenyatta

Journal article by Lawrence H. Martin; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 25, 2006

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Hemingway, Ernest--Travel, Hemingway, Ernest--Works, Kenya--Description and travel, Kenya--Political aspects, Political movements--Portrayals

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...colonial court in Kapenguria, charged with inciting the Mau Mau uprising that had been terrifying the country since 195z. Found...Uhuru (1962), also by Ruark. Both concerned the Mau Mau uprising. See David Maughan-Brown, Land, Freedom Fiction...
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Hemingway's Truth and Tribal Politics

Journal article by Carl Eby; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 19, 1999

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Autobiographies--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Editing--Evaluation, Hemingway, Ernest--Works, Literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...mirrored in the games played by the Bournes, and the Mau Mau uprising of 1953 reappears, transformed, as the Maji Maji rebellion...sadism, and considerable hysteria"(TAFL 159). The Mau Mau uprising, an armed revolt primarily by Kikuyu peasants...
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The Kenyan Government and the Kikuyu Independent Schools: From Attempted Control to Suppression, 1929-1952

Journal article by Theodore Natsoulas; The Historian, Vol. 60, 1998

Subjects:

Education and state--Kenya, Kenya--Schools, Kikuyu (African people)--Education

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...to suppress the schools only within the context of the Mau Mau uprising. (1) See A. S. Adebola, "The London Connections...Corfield, Historical Survey of the Origins and Growth of Mau Mau (London, 1960), 171-90; Bruce Berman and John...

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Mau Mau Raw British Brutality

Magazine article by Zarina Patel; New African, August 2009

Subjects:

British colonialism--Ethical aspects, Concentration camps--Management, Freedom fighters--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Freedom fighters--Crimes against, Mau Mau Uprising, 1952, Prisoner abuse--Management, Torture victims--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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Mau Mau Raw British Brutality. by Zarina Patel Beatings and floggings, apart from...concentration camps where the British detained members and supporters of the Mau Mau movement. Hewing rocks under the burning sun; carrying buckets on the...
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Mau Mau Ever-Present Past

Magazine article by Mukoma Wa Ngugi; New African, August 2009

Subjects:

British colonialism--Ethical aspects, Ex-presidents--Powers and duties, Kenya--Social aspects, Kenyans--Crimes against, Kenyatta, Jomo--Powers and duties, Mau Mau Uprising, 1952, Political atrocities--Social aspects

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Mau Mau Ever-Present Past. by Mukoma Wa Ngugi To understand the implications of the Mau Mau lawsuit against the British government, we have to look at Africas historical...
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Mau Mau a Test Case for Justice

Magazine article by Nicole K. Parshall; New African, August 2009

Subjects:

British colonialism--Ethical aspects, Mau Mau Uprising, 1952, Social justice--Political aspects, Torture--Political aspects, United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Lords--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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Mau Mau a Test Case for Justice. by Nicole K. Parshall While acknowledging that the...reluctance of the British government to face up to its past actions against the Mau Mau represents a clear example of not practising what they preach. ILLUSTRATION...
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Ideology, Theory, and Revolution: Lessons from the Mau Mau of Kenya

Magazine article by Al-Amin Mazrui; Monthly Review, Vol. 39, September 1987

Subjects:

Colonies--History, Kenya--History, Peasant uprisings--Kenya, Revolutionaries--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Revolutionists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: History, Entire Library

Ideology, Theory, and Revolution: Lessons from the Mau Mau of Kenya. by Al-Amin Mazrui IDEOLOGY, THEORY, AND REVOLUTION: LESSONS FROM THE MAU MAU OF KENYA Patrick Adams has depicted peasant reaction...
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Mau Mau - 30 Years Later

Magazine article by John Newsinger; Monthly Review, Vol. 37, May 1985

Subjects:

Kenya--History, Kenya--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...early 1950s all the material necessary for a peasant uprising had accumulated among the rural Kikuyu, and an outbreak...movement that the authorities were to christen the "Mau Mau. What turned Mau Mau from being merely a peasant jacquerie into a full...

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Why Aren't the Mau Mau Butchers Also in the Dock?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 12, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...human rights abuses relating to the Mau Mau uprising. Former colonial civil servant Terence...firepower eventually crushed the uprising. Government figures put the number of Mau Mau killed at 11,000. But one...
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Mau Mau Torture Claims That Could Cost Millions

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 8, 2011

Subjects:

Torture

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Mau Mau Torture Claims That Could Cost Millions. Byline: Neil Sears FOUR elderly...and sexually assaulted in British-run detention camps during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising. They were flown to Britain by a Kenyan campaign group and are being...
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The Mau Mau Torture Claims That Could Cost UK Millions

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 8, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Mau Mau Torture Claims That Could Cost UK Millions. Byline: Neil Sears FOUR...sexually assaulted in British-run detention camps during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising. They were flown to Britain by a Kenyan campaign group and are being...
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Revealed, Britain's Mau Mau Torture 'Cover-Up'

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 6, 2011

Subjects:

Torture

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...court documents was arrested after supplying food to Mau Mau rebels. He was allegedly castrated. Another claimant...documents. m.seamark@dailymail.co.uk Colonial uprising: Mau Mau suspects being guarded by British armed police in Kenya...
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Revealed, Britain's Mau Mau Torture 'Cover-Up'

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 6, 2011

Subjects:

Torture

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...court documents was arrested after supplying food to Mau Mau rebels hiding in a nearby forest. He was allegedly blindfolded...the public. m.seamark@dailymail.co.uk Colonial uprising: Mau Mau suspects being guarded by British armed police in Kenya...

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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...foreign affairs, including the nationalization (1951) of British petroleum fields and refineries in Iran, the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya (1952 56), turmoil in Cyprus (1954 59), and the problem of apartheid in South Africa. The nationalization...
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Kenyatta, Jomo

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...African Federation. Returning (1946) to Kenya, he became president of the Kenya African Union. In 1953, during the Mau Mau uprising, Kenyatta was imprisoned by the British as one of its instigators, then sent to internal exile (1959). Kenyatta...

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