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mau mau movement  

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  • “Mau Mau” is a controversial concept, but it is one that is important for understanding Kenya's past and continuing struggles for social justice. It is used by historians sympathetic to the liberation cause to refer to the heroic anti-colonial guerilla movement comprising the Land Freedom Army (LFA) and their civilian supporters that culminated into a bitter military engagement between 1952 and 1956. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Mau Mau Movement]

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