Mau Mau Uprising

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The Mau Mau Uprising was a violent anti-colonial rebellion in 1950s Kenya in which predominantly Kikuyu fighters waged a guerrilla campaign against British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kenyan independence movement ⓘ
anti-colonial rebellion ⓘ
conflict ⓘ
guerrilla war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kenya Emergency ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising

Mau Mau Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
cause grievances over forced labor and low wages ⓘ
land alienation in the Kenyan Highlands ⓘ
political exclusion of Africans under colonial rule ⓘ
restrictions on African land ownership ⓘ
consequence displacement of rural populations ⓘ
execution of Mau Mau suspects ⓘ
independence of Kenya in 1963 ⓘ
land reform in post-colonial Kenya ⓘ
mass detention of suspected Mau Mau supporters ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
endTime 1960 ⓘ
hasLeader Dedan Kimathi ⓘ
Field Marshal Musa Mwariama ⓘ
Stanley Mathenge ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Jomo Kenyatta ⓘ
Mbiyu Koinange ⓘ
Tom Mboya ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent Hola massacre ⓘ
Lari massacre ⓘ
Operation Anvil ⓘ
arrest of Jomo Kenyatta in 1952 ⓘ
declaration of a State of Emergency in Kenya in October 1952 ⓘ
ideology African nationalism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
legalRecognition British government recognized Mau Mau veterans in 2013 compensation settlement ⓘ
locatedIn British Kenya ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
mainCombatant Kikuyu insurgents ⓘ
Mau Mau fighters ⓘ
mainEthnicGroupInvolved Embu ⓘ
Kikuyu ⓘ
Meru ⓘ
numberOfDetainedPersons over 70,000 ⓘ
numberOfExecutedPersons over 1,000 Mau Mau suspects executed by colonial authorities ⓘ
opponent British Empire ⓘ
British colonial government in Kenya ⓘ
loyalist African forces ⓘ
partOf decolonization of Africa ⓘ
recognizedAs war of independence by many Kenyans ⓘ
relatedTo British colonialism in East Africa ⓘ
result acceleration of Kenyan independence ⓘ
defeat of Mau Mau militarily ⓘ
political concessions by British authorities ⓘ
startTime 1952 ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s ⓘ

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Avro Lincoln → usedInConflict → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
King's African Rifles → conflict → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
Kikuyu → colonialHistoryEvent → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
subject linked to: Gikuyu
Mau Mau caves shelter → usedBy → Mau Mau freedom fighters ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
Mau Mau caves shelter → usedBy → Mau Mau insurgents ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
Mau Mau caves shelter → usedDuringConflict → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
Mau Mau Uprising → alsoKnownAs → Mau Mau Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
Mau Mau Uprising → alsoKnownAs → Kenya Emergency ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
Weep Not, Child → settingPeriod → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
Weep Not, Child → theme → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
Decolonising the Mind → influencedBy → Mau Mau uprising ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
Dreams in a Time of War → mainSubject → Mau Mau era ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
In the House of the Interpreter → subject → Mau Mau Emergency ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
A Grain of Wheat → settingPeriod → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
A Grain of Wheat → influencedBy → Mau Mau rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
de Havilland Venom → conflict → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
Idi Amin → participatedIn → Mau Mau Uprising (as British colonial soldier) ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
The First Grader → subject → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
King's African Rifles → conflict → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
subject linked to: KAR
Kenya Regiment → activeDuring → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
Kenya Regiment → conflict → Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
British Empire in Kenya region → suppressedRebellion → Mau Mau uprising ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising
Kenyan independence movement → significantEvent → Mau Mau uprising ⓘ
linked to: Mau Mau Uprising