For the British, the Mau Mau movement reflected simply “an outbreak of vio-lence on the part of Africans who lacked the wherewithal to succeed in life on European terms” (Likimani 1985: 5). We were looked on as protectors Wed 9 May 2012 15.30 EDT First published on Wed 9 May 2012 15.30 EDT The Mau Mau Uprising, a revolt against colonial rule in Kenya, lasted from 1952 through 1960 and helped to hasten Kenya’s independence.Issues like the expulsion of Kikuyu tenants from settler farms, loss of land to white settlers, poverty, and lack of true political representation for Africans provided the impetus for the revolt. The Mau Mau Genocide: A Neo-Lemkian Analysis. Surprisingly few subjects confessed to having taken the oath, though whether this means the Mau Mau were doing worse things to turncoats or the British were arresting innocent people is not known even today. The story of British brutality in Kenya took a macabre turn on 20 October 1952 when a state of emergency was declared by Sir Evelyn Baring as a response to the Mau Mau uprising. Worse, the Christian missionaries viewed the Mau Mau simply as “an anti-Christian outbreak which could be ‘cured’ only Mau Mau fighters, . University of London . The British colonial forces thoroughly tortured and murdered thousands of people during the Mau Mau revolt against British rule in Kenya in the 1950s. BA Politics & Modern History This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights of the University of London . Interrogators burned suspected Mau Mau, deprived them of food and water, and sometimes crushed their testicles with pliers or hammers. The British foreign secretary admitted last Thursday (06/06/2013) that: ... " on behalf of Her… . In the 2013 Mau Mau case, Kenyan victims of colonialism were granted the right to claim compensation from the British government. Very few in Britain know about the genocide in Bengal let alone how Churchill engineered it. Churchill’s hatred for Indians led to four million starving to death during the Bengal ‘famine’ of 1943. contrary to African customs and values, assaulted old people, women and children. Martin Crook. This paper attempts to analyse the colonisation of Kenya by the British colonial government and the necessary genocidal effect on the ethnic group known as the Kikuyu through the lens of genocide as understood by Raphael Lemkin, the neologist of the term, and the post-liberal tradition he inspired. It was the Mau Mau, not colonial officers like me, who terrorised ordinary Kenyans. The British government finally recognized its wrong-doings in Kenya, during the Mau Mau uprising, and publicly apologized for it. Obama’s … . Nevertheless, it is unclear how effective diplomatic means of recognition, reparations, and apology will be as a remedy for genocide. Suspected Mau Mau insurgents were subject to electric shock, whippings, burning and mutilation in order to crush the local drive for independence.
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