ECO 120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mau Mau Uprising, Nazi Concentration Camps, Jomo Kenyatta
Document Summary
After world war ii, soldiers from kenya returned and expected better living conditions and rights. However, the british did not grant them that and the soldiers got frustrated. The soldiers began destroying farm property, equipment, and tried to raise costs for. After the family massacre, british declared a state of emergency in 1952 and occupied kenya. The troops were sent to try and crush the rebellion. Detention facilities were reminiscent of nazi concentration camps. Women were socialized in the british sense for the most part whereas men were tortured harshly. British granted kenya its independence after 1960 and kenya became a republic in: however, the scars were left from the mau mau uprising that still affects kenya to this day. Following the defeat of the mau mau, the british authorities in kenya reformed land tenure, allowing greater number of kenyans access to and ownership of land.
