Mau Mau

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Mau Mau Anti-colonial terrorist group of the Kikuyu of Kenya. In 1952, after repeated attacks on Europeans, Britain declared a state of emergency and drafted in troops. Within four years, the conflict claimed c.100 European and 2000 anti-Mau Mau Kikuyu lives. More than 11,000 Mau Mau died before the state of emergency ended in 1960. Kenya achieved independence in 1963, and elected Jomo Kenyatta, a reputed former member of the Mau Mau, as its first prime minister.

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