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Conflict Africa

Mau Mau Uprising

1952 CE – 1960 CE · 8 years

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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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • British Colonial Government
  • Kenya Land and Freedom Army (Mau Mau)

Key moments

Defining events in the Mau Mau Uprising.

  1. 1954 Operation Anvil
  2. 1953-1956 Battle of Mount Kenya forests

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

French West Africa

1895 CE – 1958 CE

Conflict · Africa

First Sudanese Civil War

1955 CE – 1972 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

French Equatorial Africa

1910 CE – 1958 CE

Conflict · Africa

Congo Crisis

1960 CE – 1965 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1952 CE and 1960 CE.

1955 CE First Sudanese Civil War 1960 CE Congo Crisis 1953 CE Cuban Revolution 1954 CE Algerian War of Independence 1954 CE Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá Landmark · Americas 1954 CE – still standing Württemberg Polity · Europe 1083 CE – 1952 CE Joseph Stalin Figure · Georgia / Soviet Union 1878 CE – 1953 CE Algerian War of Independence Conflict · Europe 1954 CE – 1962 CE Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida Landmark · Americas 1955 CE – still standing French Indochina Polity · East Asia 1880 CE – 1954 CE
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