Mau Mau: Black My Story

[mtadao]

@Deez Nuts

sandi sana ! …lakini i am still amazed that some countries got their independence without a drop of blood ! … was that an option to kenyans ?

The colonialists were here to stay due to the favourable climate. They even planned to bring diaspora Jews to come and settle here.

[Euler]

@mtadao

The colonialists were here to stay due to the favourable climate. They even planned to bring diaspora Jews to come and settle here.

They wanted to bring Jews to western Uganda. The Jews refused as it would separate them the holy Land

[Euler]

@digi

Ongesa hekaya chief

Wewe @digi unathani hii ni hekaya? Nani alikuroga?

[LuandaMagere]

@Meria Mata

The main group of Mount Kenya Freedom Fighters had their headquarters in Hombe Forest. They also operated in Muthea and Kabaru Forests. Others stayed in Meru and Embu Forests. The Meru fighters were led by General Simba and those of Embu by General Ndaya and General Kassam. General China was the Commander-in-Chief for all Mt. Kenya forces and his Generals were Tanganyika, Kariba and Rui. After China’s arrest in January 1954, General Tanganyika became the Commander-in-Chief.
General China formed another battalion from Mt. Kenya which operated between Mathira and Mukurweini Divisions and occasionally in North Tetu Division. It was the most dangerous to the security forces. It joined forces with the strong battalion led by General Kago of Murang’a District. General Ndaya’s battalion sometimes joined them in operations which took place day or night, in the forest or in the Reserves.
General China, Kariba and Tanganyika fought a very hot battle between Kiamachimbi and Ruiruiru in late 1953. The battle took place in the daytime near Mount Kenya. It started in the Tumutumu Hills, four miles from Karatina. Karatina was the Divisional Headquarters of the security forces. General China ordered his battalion to Kirimukuyu near Tumutumu Mission, to be met by Kariba, Tanganyika and Brigadier Rui of the Kenya Levellation Army. They spent one night there and on the following morning they were warned by a small girl Kanguniu that security forces were moving towards them. General Kariba ordered his men to move away and they went deeper into Tumutumu Hills. Meanwhile, the security forces reached Kirimukuyu. General China sent one brave soldier, Faranja, down the hill to spy on the enemies. He wore women’s clothing and was thus able to see them without being fired on. He reported back to China and the Freedom Fighters prepared themselves for battle. They were about one thousand strong and well-armed with rifles, sten-guns, bren-guns, grenades, pistols and much ammunition. Before the security forces could ascertain the position of their opponents, the Freedom Fighters opened fire. They hoped to find a way out of the dangerous position they were in. If they were pinned down, it would be possible for the government to call artillery and air strikes against them. The security forces returned fire and a battle raged for an hour. There was so much gunfire that the trees and green leaves caught fire. The fighters under China fought bravely and pushed the enemy back. China’s battalion was able to break out of the enclosure and they started towards Ruiruiru. But before they reached Ruiruiru, they again met with heavy fighting. The security forces were able to use aeroplanes, tanks and artillery in this one. They dropped many 3-5 pound bombs but killed no Mau Mau with them.
The government also called up reinforcements from Kiamachimbi, Nyeri and Nanyuki by radio. They prevented the Freedom Fighters from crossing the main Nyeri-Karatina road. However, after a two-hour battle, the Freedom Fighters were able to force their way between Ruiruiru and Mugumo wa Ndung’u and met a strong government force there. A brave Mau Mau soldier called Muraya nicknamed Long, opened his machine gun and exhorted all Freedom Fighters to fight bravely to save their lives. They followed his lead and were able to get away from that confrontation, but not until an hour’s hard fighting. The security forces had burned all houses in the area and there was so much smoke, it was like night. The women gathered at the bottom of Tumutumu Hill expecting to see their brave sons being killed, but the Freedom Fighters had the better of the battle. The report of the small girl, Kanguniu, saved more than a thousand lives. When our fighters reached Kiamachimbi camp, they fought strongly and were able to burn and destroy all the buildings and tents. Finally, they were able to reach Mt. Kenya and the safety of the forests. We had lost 21 men, but the government had lost 61. After the battle, we wrote the following song in commemoration! (…)

The Swords of Kirinyaga
H.K. Wachanga, 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgoLLW-4Cxc

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great stuff @Meria Mata …lakini iko swali :

did the MAU MAU try to seek outside help like the ethiopians , who had russian support chini ya maji … and did they also reach out to other kenyan tribes to unite and fight the colonialists ?

below , a picture related to the topic …sande sana !

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[Euler]

@Deez Nuts

great stuff @Meria Mata …lakini iko swali :

did the MAU MAU try to seek outside help like the ethiopians , who had russian support chini ya maji … and did they also reach out to other kenyan tribes to unite and fight the colonialists ?

below , a picture related to the topic …sande sana !

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I think it was difficult owing the surveillance mechanism deployed by wabeberu ( home guàrds were there). Inter community communication was difficult. The geographical promixity between the GEMA communities made work a bit light. Still, you couldn’t trust anyone

[Mfalme_Bingwa_Scrotu]

@data-lord

Mau mau willl never be compensated. My Guka Died, having less than an acre of land. Saa hii the best thing peasants can do is to educate their sons

So it’s Kenya’s fault that he died without enough land?

Ever heard about hardwork?

[It_s_Le_Scumbag]

@One Star to Rule Them All

tulisema this mau mau storos ni upuss na uongo

To you maybe. In my village,the trenches dug by villagers to stop the Mau Mau under the direction of colonialist still exist.
Constant reminder that this ‘freedom’ cost everything…why niggas play around with it I do not know

[Meria_Mata]

From Historia ya wakenya.
After the end of WW1 in 1918, the UK economy was on its knees and industries needed time to breath again.

The British government, having no need for massive armed forces manpower in peacetime, proceeded to release hundreds of thousands of its soldiers from the military.

But London was also worried by the threat of massive unemployment for its former soldiers. So any arrangement in the colonies that could absorb them into some sort of gainful preoccupation was seriously considered.
Thus the government embarked on an aggressive campaign to promote British settlement in Kenya.
At that time, majority of Europeans in Kenya were actually British South Africans. Many of them, not happy with the 3-year Anglo-Boer in South Africa, poured into then East Africa Protectorate - the Uasin Gishu plateau and Trans Nzoia areas in particular, for settlement.
Official records in 1905 showed that at least 700 of the close to 1,000 Europeans in the Protectorate were from South Africa.
So the so-called White Highlands were essentially white South African farmlands in a British colony.

[LuandaMagere]

There is just one thing that predisposed us to being molested by beberus …[SIZE=5]inter tribe hositlity[/SIZE]…, africans were hostile to each other even before the colonialists came
…If the different tribes communicated in some way , getting reinforcements & intelligence from other tribes would have been easier …
Africans are each other’s enemies…

[samachel]

Alafu utapata shoshte flani zikisema ati freedom was solely attained by negotiating with the Beberus. Yes, that played a part in preventing matters escalating but kama si sacrifice ya Mau Mau, tungepata independence in the 80’s kama Zim.