Mau Mau Uprising

The Collapse of the British Empire: Decolonization During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the British Empire was the leading power of the world. From the mountains of India, to the farmlands of Kenya, Imperial Britain ruled over a quarter of the world’s population. Britain, was the empire in which the ‘sun never set.’ However, by the end of World War II (1939-1945), the imperial sun had begun to wane. Fueled by nationalistic sentiment, British colonies, dominions, and protectorates

leading up to Kenya’s independence from the British Empire, a violent uprising later known as Mau Mau plagued the colony. From1952 to 1960, African forest fighters waged a war against the British who had little experience fighting against guerilla warfare. In an effort to bring the crime wave, as the British called it, to an end, colonial officials housed those who they believed to be working for or in collaboration with the Mau Mau fighters in detention camps. The Kikuyu, Kenya’s largest ethnic group

During the 20th century in East Africa, there was a woman named Wanjiku, and she went through difficult obstacles in her life. “Her life encompassed the dramatic intrusion of British colonialism, the coming of Christianity, the Mau Mau rebellion against European rule, the achievement of independence for Kenya in 1963, and the challenges of modernization in the decades that followed” (Strayer, p. 676). Strayer points out that, Wanjiku was able to experience the process of a new religion coming down

Who were the Mau Mau? What fueled their short lived but symbolic rebellion? What is their significance in the struggle for independence that occurred in Kenya? What does understanding the insurgency teach us of the clashes between deep rooted African culture and the force of European civilization mission? The rebellion surprised the British early on in 1952 by its aggressiveness and early success in rallying up the masses for a common cause, equality. For decades the white British settlers took

On December 12th, 1963, Kenya became an independent country (“Kenya” 343). The masterminds behind this revolution were mainly members of the Kikuyu and Mau Mau tribes (“Open War Now Waged on Mau Mau in Kenya” 5). Edmund Burke’s Theory of Modern Revolution consists of four stages. The first includes that there is much support of an uprising and change within a country, or

Independence could either be the uprising of a new and better maintained country or the uprising of a very deadly war. Kenya and Congo were very alike in terms of how they got to become independent, but how they handled it was the difference. Just like Congo and Kenya many other countries have their differences and similarities. For example, Congo had a much more violent approach to the situation unlike Kenya. Congo took everything very offensive, which is why the there was much tension between the

involved is when resentment will be the result. Gladstones next step was to give evidence that the Irish government was not serving the basic roles of government and if it continued insurrection was inevitable. Mr. Gladstone was right, there were two uprisings in 1848 and in 1867. Both of them were put down quickly and without gain.

Decolonization in this paper specifically refers to the dismantling of the economic and political relations between the colonies and their colonizers and in this sense the independence achieved by African, Asian, Island territories following the Second World War. When it comes to the process of decolonization there was no one set method. In some post World War II areas decolonization was peaceful and orderly, however for some other areas of the world independence was only achieved through violent

Faced with the prospect of living in an internment or rehabilitation camp, they decided to voice their displeasure through an armed uprising. During the struggle for independence, the natives had a common cause of ridding themselves of colonial rule. Many were able to look past the divisions that had taken hold in their communities and band together for a common cause. Once independence

Firstly, Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa", where the title can be taken literally as the poet is talking about an African subject from a far distance. Thus, the title maybe interpreted as Walcott is hearing the poem as a far cry coming to him on the wind to the island of St. Lucia. This is supported by the opening line "A wind is ruffling the tawny pelt of Africa"(1). The "cry" is the cry for freedom from the British colonies. Meanwhile, violence and cultural conflicts are the predominant