AFAMAST 1122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jomo Kenyatta, Kikuyu Central Association, Dedan Kimathi
5 Oct 2018
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Terms to know: kikuyu central association (kca) and kenyan african union (kau) wanted violence and to forcibly to get rid of the british in africa. Opposed the mau mau rebellion. (cid:862)general china(cid:863) key leader of the mau mau rebellion (waruhiu itote). Africans could not win their independence by peaceful means. He fought against white communities and the african villiages who were loyal to the colonial government. This caused a large decline in the mau mau rebellion: operation anvil april 24,1954 the british go into the african section of nairobi. Every african would be rounded up into containment camps. They are classified white (no connection to mau mau released, brown infected by mau mau + rehab, blacks hardcore mau mau) and put into prison camps. Operated from 1954-1960 (10,000+ people died in these camps). Central kenya was the best area for farming.
