MiaK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 on Nostr: On 20th October 1952, the British colonial government declared a "state of emergency" ...

On 20th October 1952, the British colonial government declared a "state of emergency" in Kenya, in response to a concerted campaign by anti-imperialist fighters known as the Mau Mau.

This was a response to decades of British colonialism and land grabbing policies pursued by British settlers. The Kikuyu were displaced from their ancestral lands and forced to work as low-paid labourers on European farms, leading to widespread poverty and social unrest.

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