Word: mau
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...white race." His special strength lay on the veldt, among the Afrikaans-speaking farmers whose fathers had conquered the blacks only to see their early Boer Republic snuffed out by British imperialism. Egged on by predikants (ministers) of the Dutch Reformed Church, the Nationalists made gory predictions of Mau Mau-style massacres to come, of "Godfearing white girls" forced to marry "coons...
...decide on federation, the blacks had little or nothing to say about it. The voting qualification was the possession of assets worth $1,400 or an income of not less than $700 a year; only 429 Negroes qualified. Among 40,000 whites who did, 25,500 favored federation. Mau Mauism to the north and Malanism to the south-unhappy extremes
Last week, in the little red schoolhouse in Kapenguria, Jomo Kenyatta stood up for sentence, accused of having used his influence to foment unrest among the Kikuyu tribes, and of "managing the Mau Mau," the secret terrorist organization which has murdered 542 uncooperative Kikuyu and nine whites in the past year. Said Kenyatta, in a soft, purring voice: "We have not received justice . . . None of us would condone the mutilation of human beings. We have families...
Wearily, Judge Ransley S. Thacker answered: "I don't believe you. I think that soon after you came back from Europe, you began to organize this Mau Mau society with the object of driving out the Europeans and of killing them if necessary. I am satisfied that the master mind behind this plan was yours, and that you took the fullest advantage of your power over your people and their primitive instincts...
...sentence: seven years hard labor for Kenyatta and his five accomplices. After the sentencing, Judge Thacker was flown to safety in Uganda, a trip of 500 miles over forests and mountains where lurk the Mau Mau, who have sworn to kill him with their burning spears...