Word: mau
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...separate tribes, the majority are of Bantu stock, and all share the Swahili lingua franca. Thus, unlike neighboring Kenya and Uganda, Tanganyika has no basic conflicts between rival tribes or kingdoms, nor had it a large white-settler population to fight against independence and give rise to black Mau Mau-type terrorism. What whites there were mostly stuck to the cool, green coffee-and-banana highlands...
...said, "if we wanted to get a small Mau Mau going it wouldn't be difficult." He smiled; "Might be a nice summer project...
...first press conference held by Brigadier General Do Mau, Information Minister of South Viet Nam's new junta government. And for the edification of the assembled newsmen, Do Mau ticked off a few "Golden Rules" of good journalistic behavior. "Do not promote Communism or neutralism," said he. "Do not endanger national security or the army's morale. Do not spread false news of any kind. Do not slander individuals. Do not bolster vices." Asked one reporter: "Who's going to be your first victim?" Do Mau did not reply directly, but within a few hours all Saigon...
Protected by the amnesty Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta had extended to all Mau Maus, Baimungi's men began by lopping off the ears of an African cop. Then they turned to the local Meru tribesmen, carrying off more than 50 men and women to their four forest camps. Baimungi's men administered oaths of allegiance to the new Kenyan flag - and charged their victims a month's wages for the privilege of swearing them. Women were treated to haircuts by barbarous barbers wielding razor-sharp, 18-inch pangas, then were summarily stripped and raped. The men were...
Last week Jomo announced that the general Mau Mau amnesty would end Jan. 15, and thereafter any persons caught carrying unauthorized arms or wearing quasi-military uniforms would be arrested. As tight-lipped police waited to see if Baimungi and his merry band would emerge from the forests, angry Meru villagers were sharpening their own pangas. They knew their local Robin Hood too well, and they planned a little barbering of their...