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To: Blue Highway
The origin of the term Mau Mau is quite uncertain. According to some members of Mau Mau, they never referred to themselves as such, instead preferring the military title Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA).

Some publications, such as Fred Majdalany's State of Emergency: The Full Story of Mau Mau, claim that it was an anagram of Uma Uma (which means "get out get out") and was a military codeword based on a secret language-game Kikuyu boys used to play at the time of their circumcision. Majdalany goes on to state that the British simply used the name as a label for the Kikuyu ethnic community without assigning any specific definition.

Days of futures past?

72 posted on 01/04/2015 1:05:48 PM PST by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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To: ASOC

“Something of Value” by Robert Ruark

Read it while on convalescent leave 1969!
Still recall some of it!
A good read.


452 posted on 01/04/2015 4:59:15 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good.)
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