-- The Mau Mau militant African nationalist movement originated in the 1950s among the Kikuyu people of Kenya. The Mau Mau - the origin of the name is uncertain - advocated violent resistance to ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and ex-Mau Mau fighters show "how it was done." [File, Standard] Today ...

More than 10,000 people were killed and others tortured during the brutal suppression of the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s, one of the British Empire's bloodiest insurgencies. In 2013 the UK expressed ...

A British-funded memorial to the thousands killed, tortured and jailed in the Mau Mau rebellion was unveiled in Kenya on Saturday, in a rare example of former rulers commemorating a colonial uprising.

Prisoners are marched towards Githunguri court in Kenya during 1953 at the time of the Mau Mau uprising - AFP It is actually a file I have consulted myself – using my bare hands! Indeed, I and ...

Today is Mashujaa Day, a time to celebrate and honour the heroes who fought for Kenya’s independence. Freedom came but it wasn’t a stroll in the park. Lives were lost and families broken which is why ...