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The Mau Mau Uprising was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British Empire administration that lasted from 1952 to 1960. The core of the resistance was formed by members of the Kikuyu ethnic group, along with smaller numbers of Embu and Meru. The uprising failed militarily, though it may have hastened Kenyan independence. It created a rift between the white colonial community in Kenya and the Home Office in London that set the stage for Kenyan independence in 1963. It is sometimes called the Mau Mau Rebellion or the Mau Mau Revolt, or, in official documents, the Kenya Emergency.
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The so-called Mau Mau Uprising was a brutal episode in Kenya's history. Throughout most of the 1950's Mau Mau gangs, formed predominately from members of the Kikuyu tribe, waged an insurgency against the British colonial Government seeking independence and the return of their traditional homeland. Most of the Mau Mau gangs' violence was directed towards fellow Kikuyu who were loyal to the British and towards a smaller number of white settlers. The Government responded with extreme force and innovative counter-insurgency techniques to crush the uprising. Psychological warfare played a part in putting down the Mau Mau and cleansing them of the Blood Oath.
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The first president of Kenya was Jomo Kenyatta, a jailed nationalist leader during the Mau Mau Uprising who led the country from its independence in 1963 until his death in 1978. His successor was Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, who led the country until he peacefully stepped down after being voted out of office in 2002. The current president is Mwai Kibaki.
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In Kenya, the Mau Mau Uprising began. Prior to this event, the great majority of the coffee industry of Kenya was in the hands of the British. While the rebellion would eventually be quelled, the uprising would result in the turning over of coffee production to Kenyans.
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Major Frank Kitson thought up the idea of using defector Mau Mau to infiltrate the gangs in the forest. He tells of a former terrorist named James who joined the government patrols.
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In the late 50s and early 60s, Ms. Kershaw spent several years in a very tumultuous East Africa during the Mau Mau uprising. While there, she conducted anthropological fieldwork that led to numerous publications and the pursuit of higher education in the field. Eventually, she became one of only a handful of ethnologists with detailed, painstakingly collected data about the lives of the Kikuyu people who were at the center of the Mau Mau movement.
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