When Kenya Forced Britain to Confront Itself

from The State of Africa · host Bolu Mayode

The Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960), was one of the most important and most hidden anti-colonial movements in Africa. It was not a rebellion of armies, but of ordinary people who refused to live without dignity.Their courage shook an empire and led Kenya toward independence.

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