Mau Mau Uprising
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The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt, or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, and the British authorities. Dominated by Kikuyu, Meru and Embu fighters, the KLFA also comprised units of Kamba and Maasai who fought against the European colonists in Kenya — the British Army, and the local Kenya Regiment.
- The demography of Mau Mau: fertility and mortality in Kenya in the 1950s: a demographer's viewpoint - scholarly article by John Blacker published 1 April 2007 in African Affairs, online
- Mau-Mau-upproret - episode of Historiepodden published on 5 April 2020 (E297), Swedish
- Social banditry: Hobsbawm's model and “mau mau” - article, 1980
- মাউ মাউএর দেশে - , Bangla, 1982
- Essays on Mau Mau : contributions to Mau Mau historiography - Publication by Buijtenhuijs, Rob, (Leiden : African studies centre 1982.), English
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| commons | image | BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE MAU MAU IN KENYA 1952 - 1956 MAU221 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE MAU MAU IN KENYA 1952 - 1956 MAU685 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Troops of the King's African Rifles on watch for MauMau fighters | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Monument Hola Massacre, Kenya | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Mau Mau Girls Secondary School Hola | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Karte Kenia 1952 Mau-Mau-Krieg | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Karte Zentral-Kenia 1952 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Patrol Kenya | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Lieutenant General Sir George Erskine, Commander-in-Chief, East Africa (centre), observing operations against the Mau Mau | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Memorial to Archibald John Arthur, 2nd Earl Wavell, in Winchester Cathedral | Commons | ||










