Mau-Mau

Duration: 51 min.

Year Published: 1973

Creator: fi

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: "Mau Mau" was an invention of its opponents: it was the white colonialists' name for the land and freedom army. In four years of fighting, only 32 of Kenya's 40,000 white settlers were killed by Africans whle 15,000 Africans were killed by Europeans., Analyzes the history of post-World War II events in Kenya. Documents how British over-reaction to a movement for native representation in the Kenyan colonial government led to persecution. The film posits that Mau Mau was not black magic and the superstitious killing of whites in Kenya, but a political and military response to repression and aggression from white colonists.

Complete Record: , Analyzes the history of post-World War II events in Kenya. Documents how British over-reaction to a movement for native representation in the Kenyan colonial government led to persecution. The film posits that Mau Mau was not black magic and the superstitious killing of whites in Kenya, but a political and military response to repression and aggression from white colonists. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.