As the colonial forces were preparing to leave Kenya, in the days leading up to its independence from Britain in 1963, they were given one last order. Before they left, they took with them crates upon ...

From the reaction of the Mau Mau veterans in Kenya, you might have been forgiven for thinking they had won their torture case against the UK government. George Morara, of the Kenya Human Rights ...

The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 as a reaction to inequalities and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a fierce crackdown on the rebels, resulting ...

Many know the names of the fighters who so relentlessly resisted colonial rule but little is known of their perilous efforts to survive nights and days spent in dark, bat infested caves deep inside ...

On the high seas of Mill Basin off the coast of Brooklyn there is an island by the name of Mau Mau. With a name like that, it is no wonder that a naval battle was held for the honor of this landmass’ ...

Kenyan Mau Mau war veterans celebrate the UK high court ruling of 5 October 2012 allowing them to proceed with compensation claims against the British government. ITN The British government is ...

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Mzee George Kuria I was excited to serve the colonial government. I was given a pair of shorts which had no pockets a belt, and a monthly salary of Sh60- Former Home Guard During the fight for ...

A statue of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, who was killed in 1957. K. Gituma/Wikimedia For 40 years, successive Kenyan governments turned their back on the Mau Mau. The armed movement sprang up in the ...

The Harvard historian Caroline Elkins stirred controversy with her work on the crushing of the Mau Mau uprising. But it laid the ground for a legal case that has transformed our view of Britain’s past ...