1952 CE–1960 CE
The Kenya Emergency fights the Mau Mau uprising
British Empire · War & conquest · Indigenous peoples & dispossession
The Kenya Land and Freedom Army, associated chiefly with Kikuyu communities, fought over land and colonial rule. The state detained, interrogated, and relocated hundreds of thousands, executed more than a thousand convicted people, and imposed villages; insurgents also killed Africans and Europeans. Records and totals remain incomplete and disputed
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- Calendar and convention
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- 2013-06-06
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- 2013-06-06
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- 2026-09-23
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