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Event war Africa

Mau Mau Uprising

1952 CE – 1960 CE

Kikuyu fighters rebelled against British colonial rule and land dispossession in Kenya. The British response included mass detention camps, torture, and forced relocations.

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Anti-colonial Insurgency in Kenya (1952–1960)

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Conflict · Africa

Mau Mau Uprising

1952 CE – 1960 CE

Kikuyu fighters rebelled against British colonial rule and land dispossession in Kenya. The British response included mass detention camps, torture, and forced relocations. Though militarily defeated, the uprising hastened Kenyan independence in 1963.

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