XXᵉ siècle – XXᵉ siècle
Kenya
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Mau Mau is identified in the supplied chronology as a secret Kikuyu guerrilla group that launched a violent campaign against white settlers in 1952. The label is used for the insurgent movement rather than for the Kikuyu population as a whole. The group operated during the colonial emergency and was suppressed in 1956 after thousands of deaths, mainly among Africans.
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The chronology presents Mau Mau as a secret Kikuyu guerrilla group active during the final decade of British colonial rule in Kenya. Its violent campaign against white settlers began in 1952 and led the authorities to declare a state of emergency. The brief account distinguishes the movement from the broader Kenyan African Union, which was separately banned during the repression.
The movement’s emergence was followed by the arrest and imprisonment of Jomo Kenyatta, who was charged in 1953 with managing Mau Mau. These measures formed part of a wider colonial response to African nationalist demands and armed resistance. The passage does not identify individual commanders or describe the movement’s internal organization.
Mau Mau was suppressed in 1956. The chronology states that thousands were killed, mainly Africans, making the movement and its repression a major episode in Kenya’s transition from colonial rule toward independence.
XXᵉ siècle – XXᵉ siècle
Kenya
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Mau Mau is identified in the supplied chronology as a secret Kikuyu guerrilla group that launched a violent campaign against white settlers in 1952. The label is used for the insurgent movement rather than for the Kikuyu population as a whole. The group operated during the colonial emergency and was suppressed in 1956 after thousands of deaths, mainly among Africans.
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Le récit
The chronology presents Mau Mau as a secret Kikuyu guerrilla group active during the final decade of British colonial rule in Kenya. Its violent campaign against white settlers began in 1952 and led the authorities to declare a state of emergency. The brief account distinguishes the movement from the broader Kenyan African Union, which was separately banned during the repression.
The movement’s emergence was followed by the arrest and imprisonment of Jomo Kenyatta, who was charged in 1953 with managing Mau Mau. These measures formed part of a wider colonial response to African nationalist demands and armed resistance. The passage does not identify individual commanders or describe the movement’s internal organization.
Mau Mau was suppressed in 1956. The chronology states that thousands were killed, mainly Africans, making the movement and its repression a major episode in Kenya’s transition from colonial rule toward independence.
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