LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Mau Mau Uprising: Lands
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The book explains the origin of Mau Mau upraising in quest for restitution of land appropriated by White Settlers in Kenya in early part of the twentieths century. Mau Mau rebellion and colonial legacy is central to the current socio-economic and political crisis facing the country. The crisis characterized by poverty, inequality and increased crime and insecurity; can fairly be explained by the ruthless force and denial with which the British sought to crash the rebellion.
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The detrimental social conditions in Kenya and specifically among the Kikuyu precipitated the Mau Mau movement. The British occupation of Kenya led to a systematic destruction of the African way of life. The introduction of white settlers, missionaries, and land acts had a detrimental effect on the diverse cultures living in Kenya. This extreme tension caused by the oppressive settler government was insurmountable and eventually led to the Mau Mau uprising.
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By 1950, mounting frustration over land distribution and political inequality in Kenya had led to the formation of the Mau Mau movement of civil disobedience and violent resistance to British rule. Its members belonged overwhelmingly to the dominant Kikuyu tribe and took traditional ritual oaths to mark their increasing involvement in the rebellion. Escalating Mau Mau activity led to the declaration of a state of emergency in Kenya between October 1952 and 1960.
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In the 1950s in Kenya, British settlers lived in terror of an "evil" that was sweeping the country, threatening to wipe out their aristocratic enclave: Mau Mau. In reports to the Home Office, colonial authorities described a satanic primitive religion that was turning previously content and compliant servants and laborers into bloodthirsty butchers wreaking havoc across the land.
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Historians have documented atrocities on both sides in the Mau Mau conflict, which developed into a civil war as the colonialists recruited local people to help them fight insurgents from the Kikuyu tribe. Veterans of the struggle are demanding compensation not only for injuries suffered in captivity but for the confiscation of land, livestock and property.
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