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![#3: Atrocities
“I stuck my revolver right in his grinning mouth and I
said something, I don’t remember what, and I pulled
the trigger. His brains went all over the side of the
police station. The other two Mickeys [Mau Mau] were
standing there looking blank. I said to them that if
they didn’t tell me where to find the rest of the gang
I’d kill them too. They didn’t say a word so I shot them
both. One wasn’t dead so I shot him in the ear. When
the sub-inspector drove up, I told him that the
Mickeys tried to escape. He didn’t believe me but all
he said was 'bury them and see the wall is cleared
up.‘”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/maumaurebellionpresentation-090430084221-phpapp01/85/Mau-Mau-Rebellion-Presentation-15-320.jpg)
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Mau Mau Rebellion Presentation
The Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya in the 1950s was caused by economic deprivation of the Kikuyu people, the banning of political organizations that advocated for Kikuyu rights like the Kikuyu Central Association, and lack of political representation of Africans in the legislative council which was dominated by white settlers and South Asians. The rebellion resulted in mass arrests of over 8,000 Kikuyu including leader Jomo Kenyatta in the first 25 days, and high casualties with British sources claiming 11,000 Kenyans were killed while scholars estimate the death toll to be between 20,000 to 100,000 including over 1,000 public hangings. The rebellion also involved atrocities committed by
Mau Mau Rebellion Presentation
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- 3. #1 – EconomicDeprivation •1.25 million (Black) Kikuyu lived on 2,000 square miles - 625 Kikuyu per sq. mile 30,000 settlers (White) lived on 12,000 square miles - 2.5 settlers per sq. mile
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- 7. #2 – KikuyuCentral Association •Formed in the 1920s to present Kikuyu concerns to the British colonial government Banned in 1940 Regrouped in the late 1940s to organize a campaign of civil disobedience
- 8. #3 – EATUCand “Forty Group” •East African Trade Union Congress (EATUC) •Organized strikes that shut down Nairobi and Mombasa •Worked with the “Forty Group” and Jomo Kenyatta, leader of the Kenya African Union
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- 10. #4 – LegislativeCouncil Closeout •30,000 White settlers had reps •100,000 South Asians had reps •24,000 Arabs had rep •5,000,000 Africans had reps
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- 12. #1: Mass Arrests •100Mau Mau leaders were arrested –Including Jomo Kenyatta •8,000 people were arrested in the first 25 days of the “Kenya Emergency”
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- 14. #2: High Casualties • Britishgovernment claims 11,000 Kenyan were killed Scholars place the estimate at anywhere between 20,000 and 100,000 Over 1,000 hangings for murder or illegal possession of a weapon
- 15. #3: Atrocities “I stuckmy revolver right in his grinning mouth and I said something, I don’t remember what, and I pulled the trigger. His brains went all over the side of the police station. The other two Mickeys [Mau Mau] were standing there looking blank. I said to them that if they didn’t tell me where to find the rest of the gang I’d kill them too. They didn’t say a word so I shot them both. One wasn’t dead so I shot him in the ear. When the sub-inspector drove up, I told him that the Mickeys tried to escape. He didn’t believe me but all he said was 'bury them and see the wall is cleared up.‘”
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